Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 23, 1938, Image 6

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Medford mail tribune., September 23, 1938, Page 6, Image 6

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1938)

Prev Page of 14 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.7 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 14 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX M"EPFOnP MATL TRIBUNE. FEDFOTtD. OftEOOy. FRIDAY. SEPTEJfBET? 23. 1938. 8 WORKERS DEAD WHEN SECTION FT. PECK DAM FALLS FORT PECK, Mont., Sept. 23. (AP) The bodlen of Mven of eight workmen entombed when a third of ft mile of the upstream face of 9100.000.000 Fort Peck dam gave way were hidden under millions of tons of soft dirt and rock today. The body of Albert V. Stoeaer, 33, Fark Qrove, Mont., wna found late yesterday soon after the huge sec tion of the dam's east abutment roared toward the lake forming be hind the dam on the Missouri River. Hours of dangerous search on the loose slide slope, 2,000 feet long and 00 feet high, convinced searchers none of the missing would be found alive. The entire dam la nearly three miles long. The missing, all Montanans, were Kelson P. Van Stone, 31, and Doug las J. Moore, 36, Fort Peck; Archie X. Molr, 26, Hinsdale; J. I. John son, 25, Park Grove, and Dolphle Paulson, 41, and waiter Lubblnge, tO, New Deal. MaJ. Clark Klttrcll, United States Army engineer 'in charge of con struction of the dam, largest earth fill dam In the world, announced a preliminary survey did "not Indi cate any reason for alarm should exist regarding the security of the main dam." He said the water level of the lake, now 90 feet deep, was 1ft feet below the damaged abut ment. Major Klttrell said construction was not halted on the dam, started four years ago and now nearlng completion. It was designed to pro vide flood control. Irrigation and Improved navigation on the Missouri between Sioux City, Iowa, and St. Louis. A j. 10 ilf 70-Proof SLOE GIN Mode from Imported sloe, ber ries, If has the true doe berry flavor ... a rich, ruby color ...O distinctive, frulf-y tang. FIFTHS, $1.30 PINTS, 85c THP t. O. 1TONS 4 HAAS CO. San Sranclieo, California ml CCC YOUTH GETS PAROLE TRIP HOME Marrlon t. Johnson, CCO youth from Henderson, N. C, was today on his way back home where he faced a dishonorable discharge from the corps because of a crime com mitted here early last Sunday morn ing. Johnson, waiving preliminary technicalities, pleaded guilty to a chaste of larceny from a person be fore Judge H. D. Norton In circuit court late yesterday afternoon. He was sentenced to a maximum Inde terminate term of 18 months In state prison and paroled to District Attorney Frank J. Newman to whom he was ordered to report by mall once a month. Johnson was taken homeward on a CCC troop train that left here for the east last night. The 20-year-old enrol lea knocked down and stole $80 from C. L. Baynes of Grants Pass. He denied slugging Mr. Baynes, saying he pushed him and he fell over. 1938 SEAL SALE MEETING CALLED Fl RETAIL TRADE IN EAST RAIN BESET NEW YORK, Sept. 23. Beset by rainy weather, retail trade thta week at leading centers of distribu tion sagged under last week and av eraged 3 to 14 per cent tinder the like week of 1D37 for the country as a whole, Dun A Brad street reported today. wholesale buying gained a little, but ran 4 to 15 per cent under but year. Besides bnd shopping weather. there were other factors tending to make this week's showing poorer than last In the retail division, the credit agency said. In most centers. It was pointed out, buying of school and college apparel and supplies was not the Important factor that It 'ind been In the preceding week. The ralna and cooler temperatures. however, stimulated some buying of shoes, millinery, fall clothing and raincoats. More than 22.000 women were re ceived Into the Salvation Army's 04 maternity homes and hospitals in the last year. One of America's largest gold coins a ISO piece popularly known as the California slug" was sold at auc tion recently In London for fa 18. A meeting of the 1033 seal sale committee has been called by Mrs. Alex Sparrow, Jackson county chair man, for next Thursday, September 29. All community chairmen of the annual sale of Chris' mas seals, the little stamps which finance the bat tle against tuberculosis, are asked to meet at the Hotel Holland at 12:30 for luncheon. Luncheon will be followed by the business session, during which defi nite plans for the drive will be formulated. Jackson county's quota of the Christmas seal "panes" for stamp collectors has already arrived. Any collectors interested In obtain ing these copies of stamps of other yeitrs may do so by calling at the Jackson county health department In the county courthouse. Miss Jose phine Koppes Is selling the panes, which have been much In demand. Sale of the Christmas seals In booths about the city will begin De cember 1 and continue for three weeks this year, Miss Helen Bullls. Medford chairman, announced at the Thursday meeting of the Jack son County Public Health associa tion, which sponsors each year's drive. Representatives of each eonrv munlty will again be askjed to man age the booths on certain days of the campaign, taking the returns back to their communities to be In eluded In their Individual quotas, Mrs. Sparrow stated. the air with a lot of drivel to the ef fect the president wants to uproot the traditional form of American In stitutions and make himself a dicta tor, merely for the sake of gratifying his own lust for power." He charged the Republican party "still doesn't know where It stands on any single Issue." WAflHINOTON. Sept. 23. &) The White House announced today Presi dent Roosevelt has appointed Preston Delano of Massachusetts as comp troller of the currency, succeeding J. F. T. O'Connor, who resigned to run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination In California. Stephen Early, Mr. Roosevelt's sec retary, aatd the job had been held over for O'Connor, who was unsuc cessful In the gubernatorial 'race. O'Connor, Early told reporters, ad vised the president he did not desire reappointment and he would return to California to practice law. Delano Is a distant relative of the president. He has been In the gov ernment service five years. Closing time for Too Late to CI as. tlfy Ads is l :30 p m. Observers Around World Study Movements of Sun PHILADELPHIA (UP) Heat, hu midity and other disturbances which make life uncomfortable for most people, do not concern I. M. Levitt of the Franklin Institute whose Job It Is to watch movements of the sun dally. Levitt's chief concern is whether the sun will shine brightly enough to enable him to make his observa tions. He 1s one of 18 men scattered around the world who work In "shifts" studying the sun under the sponsorship of the International As tronomical --Onion. Other observa tion posts are located In California. Toklo. Nanking. Kodlakanal, India; Kharkov, Russia; Italy, Switzerland, and England. At 11 a.m. dally, Levitt "takes over" the sun from tbe English ob server at Greenwich. At 1 p.m. the sun goes Into the "custody" of the Mount Wilson, Calif., observer, and periodically thereafter each of the other stations takes It up. ' Levitt works in the private ob servatory of Dr. Gustavus Wynne Cook, where he uses a photohellostat to take pictures of the sun. , and a spectrohelloscope which enables him to watch the sun with the light of While 286,000 more persons moved Tulane university experiments show from farm to city in this country that Louisiana fruits and vegetables in 1037 than, vice versa, farm popu- contain an unusually large amount latlon still showed a gain because cf iodine, which serves to prevent of the high birth rate. goiter. a single wave length. Around the sun are found clouds of burning hydrogen gas. Levitt says. Occasionally the hydrogen gets brighter and spreads over a large i area, forming a phenomenon called eruption. "We chart the time taken for the beginning and ending of these erup tions," Levitt said. "We record their intensity, magnitude, position and speed." i The reports are sent to th( head quarters of the union In France, where worldwide aunspot reports and figures are prepared. Owing to the prevalence of. stone throwing at buses in Palestine, the chief of police has ordered that protective wire grating be fitted on windows of all vehicles. The 13 banks for cooperatives of the farm credit administration report there are 3,270.000 membera In farm ers cooperative associations In tbe United States. The United States Is spending 315,000 on a building program at Its "farm" at Lexington, Ky for the treatment and reclamation of nar cotics addicts. raWX That's Kellogg', tOp LJ Y RICE KR1SPIESI" fajL irjr f 1 i Children eat Kelloaas Rice Krlsples without coaxing and cam back for second htlplngil Because those toaitod rleo bubbles actu ally snap, crackle and pop hi milk or creaml Young folks lev that toasted, tasty flavor. Always ready to serve. Rice Krliples are sold by all grocers, served by restau rants. Made by Kellogg In Battle Creek. E SALEM Ore., Sept. 23. fAP). Not withstanding he was handcuffed, E P. Cavanaugh, 38, Portland sal earn mi eaenped from the Oregon state hos pital last night as officers were pre paring to admit him as a patient. Cavanaugh became unmanageable In the Portland police station when sentenced to 30 daya for a mi not violation and did considerable dam age before he was overpowered. He mado two unsuccessful efforts to es cape before being taken to Snlem. FARLEY CRITICAL OF REVENGE ACTS - COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 23. (UP) Postmaster General James A. Farley, nald last night "revenge or personal bitterness haa no place In politics." The statement was Interpreted by political experts as an Indirect criti cism of President Roosevelt's "purge." Farlny attacked opponents of Pres ident Roosevelt's policies for "filling rfRilL TIL' 'O GRAPES ARE CHEAP TODAY! AND NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE LOTS OF JELLY AND JAM THE EASK TIME-SAVING WAY Cerlo Cuts Boiling Time io Vz Minute For Jelly-One Minute For Jam! THINK of itt With Ccrto, you boil your fruit juice only Vt minute for IcIIv one minute fnr Inml Vmir jam or jelly is cooling In glasses in lrts than 15 minutcj after your fruit is prepared I HALF AGAIN MORE GLASSES! When you us Certo, you average 11 glassce instead of 7 actually half again mora Jain or jellyl Because with that short V minute boil, no Costly fruit juice boil off in steaml riNE FLAVOR, TOO I That short boil gives you much better tasting jam and jelly, too. No flavor escapes in steam . . . Io your jams and Jellies retain the delicious natural flavor of the fresh fruit itselfl And of course you never have to worry about failure. When you use Certo, all fruits jell perfectlyl FRE! JtECIH BOOK look lor the book of tasted recipes under the label of every bottle of this pure butt pectin. Certo Is product oi General Foods. .j-'A.COI . . Jrvii Its not wU p earn Sis what gou SAVLthaf counts -an old proverb Fig Bar Whole wheat or vanilla with a generous layer of delirious fig filling. The Ideal cooky for school lunches. ' Lb. UOc KRAFT'S CHEESE AMERICAN or 2 lb. square 49 BRICK 5 lb. square $1.17 Try It melted on toast or In tempting; lnK Prices Effective Sat. & Mon., Sept. 24, 26, in Medford and Central Point New 1938 Fall Pack assays. J, it I i i II I I 1 lii!i I i For lovely clothes Brown Derby BEER Steinies Q OQf or Cans w for tOC Quarts . . 25c J Gallon . 49c Honey Oxydol Crisco Matches Corn Flakes 5 lb. pail Pkg. For homes that want the best 3 lb. can HIGHWAY 6 box cart. AL8ERS 39c 19c 17c FRUIT JARS Rail Gift Top pt. 75c; qt. 89c Boll Special Wide Mouth pt. 81n qt. Sl.OS Bull Ki-llpse Wide Mouth ... pt. 9-c qt. 91-13 Kerr lonomy Jarb pt. 8.-10 qt. $1.03 Kerr Mason Jars, Reg. Mouth pt. T.V .. qt. Rflc Kerr Mason Wide Month pt. arc r qt. si.os 3 pkg. c Canning Supplies Kpit Maon Cap regular, 2 do7?n 45c Kerr Mam Caps, wide mouth dozen 38e Economy Caps dozen lfte , dozen 9c Kerr Regular Uds , Kerr Wide Mouth Lids, dozen Ifie Rail .Tar Rubbers regular top seal a dozen 10c Pineapple Juice, No. 2 tins Sleepy Hollow Syrup, full quart tins 35c A Miilirul Mend of pure mite and maple. Griddle rake 1 overt prefer this fine nynip. Del Monte Corn 3 for 29c Fanry Oolden Bun Mm cream style corn 15c a Hn value! ,At thli prlre a real Safeway value. 2 for 25c DEL MONTR Pearls of Wheat lge. pkg. 23c Dog Food, Friskies 4 lb. bag 49c Peaches, large No. 2 tins 3 for 39c Llnny,, halres or sllres. reaehes parked In heavy rtellrlom vrnp. Marshmallows lb. cello pkg. 10c "t'Ll'Ff'IKST" Include Home In yonr school hinrhes. Superb Granulated Soap. . . lge. pkg. 19c Waldorf Toilet Tissue' 4 rolls 19c The absorbent, mil. white tlwne. White King Toilet Soap 4 bars 19c For toilet and bath lathers In any kind of water. Crystal White Soap 10 bars 29c America's favorite laundry soap. Ua.hes clothes clean with less mWng Lux Flakes lge. pkg. 20c Will not fade, dltcolor or shrink the finest of fabrics. Lifebuoy Soap 3 bars 17c Liptons Tea, Orange Pekoe, lb. pkg. 43c Delicious Healthful Refreshing.! Salmon . No. 1 tall can 23c DEL MONTE ALASKA RED Shrimp, Waldorf, 5 oz. tins. ... .2 for 29c COFFEE AIRWAY . 3 lbs. 39c NOB HILL 2 lbs. 39c Dependable, 2 lb. tin 73 C FLOUR $1.39 Kitchen Craft 10 lb. bf .... Harvest Blossom (4 OQ 10 lb. bag 9 I efc3 Airlight Flour tO lb. bag 95c SPUDS, No. 2, . 50 lbs. 39c BANANAS . . . 4 lbs. 15c APPLES . . . 10 lbs. 25c Fancy Delicioui ORANGES .... each 1c CAULIFLOWER . . 2 for 9c LEMONS ... 3doz.25c Dependable MEATS Salmon 1 0c Sliced lb. 13c Oysters as u23c Hamburger ib. 10c BEEF Pot Roast ib. 1 2ic Four Free Deliveries Dally Phone 414 and 1010 Bums!