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MTJ)FORD MATL TRTBITNE. MEDFOTCD. OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1938. PAOE THREE TRIPLE FUNERAL FOR OF PORTLAND. 6pt. 8. (AP) Mr. and Mri. Raymond Becraft and their son, Raymond, Jr., 17, were burled today In a triple funeral service. The trio died Tuesday of gunshot wound Detective Captain J. J. Kee gan said he believed were Inflicted by Becraft In & double murder and suicide. Becraft, 46, was a forest service employe and former Univer sity of Idaho professor. D. E. Harris, brother of Mrs. Be craft, cared today for three surviv ing daughters, Marian, 10, Helen, 10, and Nancy, 4. You didn't LOSE AN ARM last Thursday THE PRODUCTION of oil is no parlor pastime no sewing-circle business. Life in the oil fields is a two-fisted af fair. Men take risks. They will, so long as they build derricks, handle heavy casings, shoot nitro-glycerine. So it is in refin eries, aboard tankers, along pipe-lines, and in almost every thing we do. Yet the operations of this Company involve fewer dan gers than those of many a sim pler industry because, for years, we have waged an unending fight for safety. It's a fight with a great reward in human hap piness but one altogether be yond estimate. You can't set totals or make a chart showing the advantages accruing because you didn't lose an arm last Thursday. The effort limps, we know, when we attempt to tell the story of a notable 1937 achieve ment in accident prevention through stodgy statistics: fre quency rate down 6 from 1936, which was better than 1935; severity rate down 35; Index rate (combining frequen cy and severity) down 19. . " So let's forget figures. What they indicate tots up to this: In all the years through which accurate records have shown the saving in life and limb and suffering accomplished by our constant safety campaign, this is the best we've ever done. 5tandard Oil Company of California FIVE NEW VESSELS SOON TO AUGMENT U. S. NAVY'S FLEET Three Streamlined Subma rines and Two Speedy Destroyers Nearly Ready to Join Growing . Forces By OTTO JANSSEX 4 (United Pre etaff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. (UP) Three new streamlined submarines and two speedy destroyers will slide down the ways within the next few months preparatory to Joining the United States' rspldly expanding fleet. The veAsete. under construction at government and private yard, will represent an Investment of between $17,000,000 and $19,000,000. The three submarine belong to the Bargo class, the newest of underwater craft now under construction. There will be 10 vessel of thla type. All Information regarding the Sar gos la held in strict secrecy, but one naval official asserted the vessels were "comparable. If not superior. to any foreign submarine. The vessels are said to cost about (3,500,000 each, which Is over 000,000 more than shins of the new Perch class cost. The Sargos, it la understood, will closely follow the design of the Sal mon type submarines, the preceding class. Ships of both classes are of 1,450 tons displacement, reportedly have complements of 55, carry one threo-lnch anti-aircraft gun and eight 21-lnch torpedo tubes. The Sargos are two feet longer than the 298-foot Salmons. Roth Types Streamlined. Both types are streamlined to a high degree, but It la understood the newer vessels may be even more ex treme In this respect than the Sal mons. It Is reported the crust ng range of the Sargos Is Incredibly high. In some quarters It la reported the Sar gos may be able to better tbe 16.000 mile range claimed for one class of submarines: of a foreign power. Navy officials did not divulge this power, but according to one reliable source, three of Japan's newer sub marines are said .to have ranges of 16,000 miles. These vessels are of the Kalgun type of first class sub marines which. In some respects, are similar to the United States craft. Japan has built eight Kalguns. The tonnage Is approximately the same as that of the American ships, but the Japanese craft are longer and carry heavier ordnance. The sur face speed is reported at about 20 knots and the submerged speed Is nine knots. The similarity of the two classes led some observers to believe the new United States submarines may be intended as an answer to the Jnpanese "challenge." They have lent credence to the report that the Amer ican vessels are capable of bettering the 16.000-mlle range. Guard Information Closely. . Information concerning the two new destroyers Is even more closely guarded. The vessels are said to cost be tween 93.600,000 and $4,000,000 each, although exact figures are not avail able. According to reliable authorities, the destroyers will be somewhat sim ilar to ships of the Craven class. 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Woolley s con cern for the missing bunny was strictly a business proposition, Co It was Just one of the hundreds o animals which provide him with comfortable living. Woolley deals in animals and will rent anyone a bearded vulture or a Salukla for m long as desired. He procures animals for people who want to play practical Jokes, for advertis ing agencies, and for commercial mu tk"n pictures. Sometimes his animals are used in displays to lend atmos phere. He boasts that he can get any animal you can name within J4 hours although be keeps none tn New York. "I like animals," he says, "but that's not the mason why I'm in the business. I got into this work quit by accident a year end a half ag when X wo given a Hon ub Some one came to me with an offer to rrnt the lion for advertising purposes. I figxired out that if there was a mar ket for a rentable lion there must be for other animals." So as a youth of 15 ha went about New York, lining up those owners of strange, exotic or common pets who! wera willing to have them pay & cash j return. Woolley 's catalog today list more than 200 animals, birds, and reptiles. And he'll try to find thoar that are not on his list. j For example, his catalog lists b3 different breeds of dogs, 03 different wild animals ranging from bamboo rats to Blnturonga and hippopotami There are dozens of reptiles on his list, and 50 species of birds, from Paradise Wydahs to sea eagles. Or you can get a common aninvU, box ing kangiirooa or even a talking dog. "Now, take this talking dog V Woolley saya. "He really talks. He says I want to go out.' and "howdy and words like that. X had him on the ra dio the other night. Another of Wool ley's favorite la a mixture of pomeranlan dog and monkey. He avers that this dis has tree climbing tendencies and Is much In demand. Woolley recalls among hla strangest assignments a telegraphed request from the Middle West for a skunk This was to be delivered to a man In New York. "X got the skunk all right and tt was delivered," ha explains. "Of j course, It was a harmless skunk." Woolley' animals rent from 96 to ' 10 an hour. While business falls nrf ' during the early summer it la brisk 1 during the other seasons of the year. j During a good week. Wool ley's profits j may be 200. I "I have had as many aa 36 antmnl , working at one time," ha says. He once kept his Hon cub In New York but found this a bit unhandy. One dav ha was walking on Broad- i way with his first lion. Ofireth, when : the creature became a bit petulant. To forestall trouble. Woolley picked the cub up and carried It. A solici tous woman stopped Woolley on street corner to ask: "Is your dog sick, young man? "This la not a dog this I a Hon ' Woolley replied. The woman dashed In the direction of a cruising taxlcab. Despite hts fondness, professional and otherwise, for animal, Woolley baa no pets in hla bomt. U Beauty won ECONOMY SPECIAL Permanent Wave $1.69 Call 1478 For Appointment $25.00 Reward Will be paid by the manufacturer for any Corn ORKAT CHRISTOPHER POSITIVE Corn Cure cannot remove. Also remove Warts and Callouses. Joe at Younga Drug Store. Sergeant James Hart (above) is shown at the coroner's Inquest Into the "oven cell" deaths of four pris oners In the Philadelphia county prison. Hnrt was named by Super intendent William B. Mills of the prison as the man "responsible." Mills said Hart gave an "unauthor ized" order to have the steam turned on. Mter, tyart testified the "heat ing" was ordered by Deputy Warden Frank A. Craven. (A. P. Photo.). -2 ped with' four five-Inch guns, five machine guns and 16 21-lnch tor pedo tubes. f One of the outstanding features. It la said, la their great speed. Some competent observers believe these ves sels will be able to outstrip the rela tively new Cravens, which have re ported speeds of about 36.5 knots better than 40 miles an hour on land IN NUMBERS RACKET IS ARGUMENT IN DEFENSE NEW YORK. Sept. 8. 7P Defense counsel today urged dismissal of con spiracy charges against James J. Hines, 61-year-old Tammany district leader, asserting even on the bj:s of the state's accusations, Hlnes was only "one of the players on the team" not a "master mind" of tht-20.000.000-a-yeor Dutch Schultz pol icy racket. By this legal strategy, Lloyd Paul Stryker, Hines" attorney, sought to prevent the four-weok-old trial from reaching the "blue ribbon" Jury. Strykpr asked Justice Ferdinand Pecora for dismissal of the Indict ment In a 27-page typewritten brief. He cited three major legal points in moving the 13 counts In the Indict ment against Hines be thrown out. The state rested late yesterday af ter climaxing lta maze of circumstan tial evidence with testimony Hlnes, es alleged political "fixer"' for the Schulta mob, attempted to save "the Dutchman" from being "pushed around' by police In Troy, N. Y. SALES STAND SET FOR POSTOFFICE Preparations were being made to day for installing a vending stand In the west end of the pcstofflce lobby in accordance with a congres- I slonal act permitting operation of such sales booths by the blind in federal buildings. The stand In the Med ford post office will be operated by John E. Ragsdale. blind resident of Englc Point. Mr. Ragsdale will be assisted by his wife. Newspapers, periodicals. r!;?arettes. tobacco and confection. will be sold. Here today to assist In the Instal lation of equipment was Linden Mr Culloueh. superintendent of the Ore gon Blind Trade School In Snlem. Assisting also In establishing Mr. Ragsdale In hi business is the Med .'ord Lions club, major activity of the organisation being assistance to t'.-io blind. A survey made for a week some time ago showed that an average of 1182 persona use the postoffice lobby dally. Postmaster Prank DeSouza said. WIFE OF DEAN DIES 1 LA GRANDE. Ore., Sept. (AP) Mm. J. P. soule, 9. wife of the Iran emerttiu at the University or Wyoming, died here today of Injuries iffered Saturday In an automobile accident at the summit of the Blue mountains. Her body will be forwarded to L.-rmle, Wyo, late today. Dean and Mrs. 8ou)e were touring the wt as part of their golden wrddlng anniversary celebration. The accident occurred when Mrs. Soule. awakening from a nap, Jnstleo her husband's arm. He lost control of the car and it went down sn embankment, overturning several times. 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