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.
These vessels are 334 feet long, carry
172 officers and men, and are equlp-
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Animal Renting Business
Is Profitable for Youth
NEW YORK (UP) Stanley 8. 1
Woolley, Jr. a young man of 17 who
finds business very good InJeed. lock
ed the doars of his mid-town office?
one day recently and went up to Cen
tral park to find a rabbit.
It was not an ordinary rabbit
Woolley sought, but one of consid
erable value. It was black and white
and It would sit up and beg. Purthei
more, tt displayed no temperament
whatsoever when tt faced . camera
and would come when called.
The rabbit wandered off In the
park one afternoon. 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
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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.).
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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.
Mump llla.t ralal
BANDON, Sept. . p, A delayed
dvnamlte blast killed Ing.lbert A
Peterson. 83. yesterday on the ranch
of his brother.'.n-law, Jack Frailer,
euht mllea south of here. Peterson
waa blasting stumps.
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