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rEPFORP MAIL TRTBUKTS. MEDFORD. VKEGOS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1938. PAGE SEVEN RALLY OF BOY SCOUTS HELD FRIDAYEVENING Valley Districts to Take . Part Public Invited to Senior High Gym Events Tha third annual MM ford district Boy Scout rally will be held tomor row, Friday evening, at the Medio) d high achool gymnasium. The scout ing program will begin at the usual hour of 7:M p. m. "Being on Time," or punctuality la the first of sixteen Interesting and exciting events. J. B. Vincent, aaslstant district com missioner, la In charge of rthe pro- gram and will be the "head Judge." Seouter Vincent will be assisted In the Judging and direction of the rally by the scout leaders from all districts of the local Crater Lake area council. Including Ashland, Grants Pass, northern and southern Siskiyou. The senior explorer scouts of Jacksonville and the old sea scouts of Medford will have charge of the registering and ushering or Tlsltors, timing and scoring of var ious events, thus assisting the Judges. The following troops have made official entry for the rally: troop 3. Roosevelt school, sponsored by the Medford Lions club: troop 4, Junior high school, sponsored by the Junior High P.-TJk.: troop 7, Roosevelt chool, sponsored by the local Amer ican Legion post: troop 8, Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall, eponsored by the local F.O.E.: troop 19. Prospect achool, sponsored by Upper Rogue Orange; troop 3S, Jacksonville I.O.O.F. hall, eponsored by the Jack sonville Odd Fellows, and troop 40, Central Point high school, sponsored try the Central point P.-TA. The public la urged to attend this annual Boy Scout district rally and to cast a vote In favor of their own neighborhood or aponsorlng bdy'a troop. There Is no charge of admis sion. Everybody la welcome. Special Invitations labeled, "Vlsltora Cards," have been distributed by scouts and aeouters. These are to be signed and turned In at the door to give credit to your favorite or closest troop Plenty of extra "visitors cards" for averyone will be available at the door. Dwlght Houghton will gtve the opening two-minute "kick off" talk. The scouts and their leaders will twcelve polnta for all being present at 7:20 p. m. Two hundred points are offered for 100 percent attend ance and punctuality. Polnta will be given for each new acout enrolled stive September 1, 1938. The troop with the largest attendance percent age of vlsltora will receive 1000 polnta. The American colors, the troop flag and the patrol flags will ba on display and earn a possible 100 polnta for each troop. One hun dred polnta will be given for speed and accuracy In pyramid building and signaling which la a completely new and very Interesting event this year. The first aid demonstration Is being practiced by all troops with freat care and atudy and will score a possible 300 points. The eighth vent will ba a "free-for-all" six ling circus type of demonstration which will earn a maximum of 100 polnta for the troop and will dls- j play much originality on the part of the boys. Singing and cheering will earn a possible 200 points, providing all scouts aa well as acoutera partici pate. Fire win be made against time In the exciting flint and ateel, and fire by friction events scoring 300 points for first place. An emergency mobilization demonstration and a chariot race will top off the evening program with a possible 300 polnta , available. The oharlot race la proving i to be one' of the principal highlights j of this vean rallv oroaram. If the scout troop enters all 16 eventa of the program, they earn an addi tional 1000 polnta for "participa tion." Last year the Medford dlatrlct rally (home made) trophy waa presented to troop four of the Junior high school. Come and cheer for your fav orite troop thla year. FOR AUTO STRIKE EVANSVTXLE, Ind.. Oct. IS Two automobile factories were closed by a strike for the second time In less than a month and an estimated 2.400 workers were Idle here today as the Chrysler Motor corporation and United Automobile Workera of America (CIO) negotiated In secrecy. Neither Joseph H. Eggert. manager of Chrysler'a Plymouth plant, nor union leaders would reveal the rea son for the strike, which started at the factory Tuesday. The walkout threw about 800 em ployes out of work at the Plymouth plant and about 1,600 at the Brlgss Indiana corporation. The Brlggs fac tory supplies bodies for ChryBler and Its operatlona are dependent upon work at the Plymouth plant. A strike of the Committee for In dustrial Organization union at the Plymouth plant closed both factories for two days the laat week In Sep f I . ' 1 Police Halt Child s Elopement JfWBU jrK. . w ':'"" - EXPLOSION FLAMES CAUSE BIG LOSS JERSEYJ1EFINERY Fire Smothered Today After 'Tank Farm' Ravaged Throng Eye Spectacle. STIR UP HATRED AGAINST CLERIC (Continued from Page One ) pected In Heroes square tonight for a "mass protest" and District Leader Odilo Globocnlk ordered "every decent- thinking person In Vienna" to appear there as public notice that the "entire population against clerical provocations." Joseph Buerckel, Chancellor Hit ler's deputy in Austria, fresh from conferring with the relchschancellor, was scheduled to proclaim measures to "end clerical provocations" at the meeting. Nazi leaders said ' "Buerckel will speak with the full authority of Hit ler, with whom he has discussed the Cardinal's attack, October 7, on the fuehrer and the subsequent stoning of the cardinal's palace. We do not know what measures the relch com missioner will announce." Buerekel arrived In Vienna earlv today from fiaarbruecken, his home. Twelve-year-old Viola Israel of Itilcwood, Calif., and Stanley Czech. 21, an Ire cream peddler, were a couple of dlsfrnintled youngsters after pear officer halted their asserted plans to hop a freight train to Chi cago to be married. -Disappearance of the girl from her home had led to a wide hunt In the belief she had been kidnaped. EX-WIFE OTHER WOMAN HIT TO REPEL NIPPON HER WITH POKER (Contlnuea from page One) an effort to keep him in the car. She said she feared for her life. Meantime, she testified. Miss Rhoadet had gone into her home. Finally Huber emerged from the car and started choking her against the adjacent Groceteria building. Mrs. Huber said. She said she grab bed Huber and both had agreed to let go their holds when Mlaa Rhoades appeared again and hit her twice over the head with a poker, Mrs. Huber testified. Asked oh cross examination why she had gone to Huber Instead of to an attorney If she knew he had a vicious temper, Mrs. Huber said she did not like to Involve Olerf In legal procedures. After being struck Mrs. Huber was taken by friends to the hospital where six. or seven stitches were tAken In her scalp, she testified. On cross examination, Mrs. Huber acknowledged that she had once beaten another woman because "she had gone out with my husband and had refused to stay away from htm." After two other witnesses were heard, including Dr. Dwlght Plndley who attended Mrs. Huber, court was adjourned for lunch. The case wes resumed this afternoon. Judge Wil liam R. Coleman presiding. Charles W. Reames and Victor A. Tengwald were counsel for the defendants. Pheasant and Duck Season OPENS LINDEN, N. J., Oct. 18. (AJ) A rasing fire, which destroyed millions of gallona of oil, kerosene and gaao line and Injured a score of men. waa smothered under control today, leaving eight acres of a refining com pany's "tank larm" a flew of char red, twisted girders. Linden Fire Chief Fran T. Miller, who estimated damage at "more than el.000.ooo." ssld the fire had finally been localised to one 1.550. 000 gallon tank of fuel oil. Approx imately 30 other tanks were destroy ed by explosions and flames. Fifty of the 1.500 firemen and vol unteers who fought the spectacular blare through the night remained to day to cool the melted tank skele tons so company offlclala could In vestigate the cause and estimate the damage. Elliott McEldowney, adver tising manager of the Oitlea Service Keflnlng company, eatlmated In New York the loss waa "approximately a half a million" dollars. The weary army of firemen and OCTOBER 15th Be Equipped-Get the Limit HUNTING COATS We Have a Complete Line of Winchester SHOT GUNS WE ALSO HAVE USED GUnS AMMUNITIONS Winchester Super-Speed All size shot from No. 2 to V, Winchester Ranger All size shot from No. 2 to Vt Waterproofed hunting coat with large game pocketa rubberized inside. Two large pocketa with ahell compartmenti covered with flap. $3.95 HUNTING HATS Waterproofed Q C with ear flaps O U U GENUINE WOOL SOCKS PAIR 60c Part Wool & Cotton Socks PAIR 35c HIP BOOTS TJ. 8. LIGHT WEIGHT BNDO ANKLE HIP BOOTS HUBBARD BROS INC. DRIVE ON CANTON (Continued lrutn Page One.) Honan province railroad Junction, and present the possibility of an offensive toward Chengchow to co incide with a long-delayed drive across the Tellow river southward. MATN AND RIVERSIDE PHONE 231 Reprisal Hinted TOKTO. Oct. 13. (A) Japanese declared today British and French aid to Ohlna through Canton neces sitated the new soivh China offens ive. "The British purpose In holding far eastern fleet maneuvers off Hong kong (last summer) was quite evi dent to Jspan," the newspaper Kok umln aald editorially. "Both British and French should recognize their shortsighted view la responsible for expsnslon of the fighting," a Nlchl Nlehl editorial ar gued. "In the orient there is an arlental type of realities which la totally alien to weaterners." The Kokumln editorial said "the China Incident lacks the formalities of war but there la no doubt Japan Is waging a war In China. Therefore, Japanese operations would not be hampered by mere maneuvera. "Further wa are forced to express dissatisfaction about the attitude of the foreign office In repeating Jap an's policy respecting foreign rights and Interests," "The mere existence of operations In south China Is sufficient warning to thoae powers who are extending assistance to China." ' The government yesterday caution ed foreign powers, Including the Uni ted States, against movement of troops, warships and aircraft with out 10-day notice to the Japanese command "leat unforeseen aecldenta occur. , . " (Britain almllarly "re minded" Japan of "the risks to Anglo-Japanese relations which any In cident might cause.-) v- volunteer battled the vast tongues of flame and clouds of greasy, black smoke until dawn this morning aa the fir raged through the heart of one of the world' greatest refinery center. A crowd of 3S.OO0 had watched In awe for houra aa an estimated 10, 000.000 gallona of oil went up In flames, 500 feet high, causing dam age unofficially estimated at s 1,000, -000. The spectacular fire, accompanlod at the start by explosions aa one af ter another of nearly all of 32 tank In the oil field were Ignited, could be seen for more than 10 miles. 8. P. Keator, superintendent of the Cities Service plant, announced at 3 a. m. (PS.T.) the fire was under control and the danger paat, although the oil still blazed fiercely. Virtually helpless In their strug gle to extinguish the holocaust, fire men and aaslatanta from many mu nicipalities turned their efforts to confining the conflagration to the single unit of the oil field. 4 BEATS UP UN PORTLAND. Oct. 18. m An unlden tilled man robbed Mrs. Iac Segvl, OS, stabbed her twice with a 10-lnch butcher knife and threw her Into a pile of hay at the White City dairy. The victim, who operates the dairy with her eon and three daughters, waa reported In a critical condition. Mrs. Stegel staggered Into her home after the assailant fled. She said he accoatd bar at the milk house and ni angered when ah could give him only amau change. True rubles nave been manufac tured on a commercial scale. , Use Mall Tribune Want Ad. BE S0CA81E BUT BE SENSIBLE TSUGHT- BOVIED AND SATtSWiW 77 frtls Mftnt lltl llkmU,Mn.WcNtsiJ WILL CUT RELIEF WABHTrJOTOlf, Oct, 18. (AP) Aubrey Wllllsms. deputy WPA ad. mlnlstrator, aald after a White House conference today Prtaldent Roosevelt told him the ll,4,000,000 appro priated for relief for th first eight months of th current fiscal year must be spread over that period. "Th president told me," Williams said, "It will hav to last until March 1." Th deputy expressed some doubt Uw money would last, but said he hoped a "big upturn" In business would enable the agency to stretch th fund over that period. WPA, William said, still ha 1784, 000,000 to spend. Prunes foe Pole MrMTNNVILtA Oct. . P Su perintendent Oscar Haynes announc ed today the Yamhill Cooperative Prune O rowers association had re ceived order for 380.000 pound of prunes from Poland and 130,000 from England. HAPPY RELIEF FROM PAINFUL BACKACHE Mut ot Uioan Bwhf, n Muring, ptinfai bavkftnw ptvvpt bltawi on ooldi or itrtiM tri 4tan tr d hv tlrad kid both- nH hm t fUnr when iruUrj Is Um rifbt my. 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