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PAOE ETCiHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREOONT. MONDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1938. 3 DEAD, 3 IN AUTO Third Death Due to Collision of Auto and Bus On Rice Hiil One Crash Leaves Seven Children Orphaned ROSFBima, Ore., Oct. 3'. (AP) Deeth of Mrs. Ullle Tail. S3, of Oranta Pui. laat nlflht brought the toll of woek-end automobile aocl denta Id Dougtaa county to three dead and three Injured. Mrt. Talt died from Injurtea suffered late Sun day when the car driven by her husband, John Talt, 03. atruck Greyhound bua near the aummlt of Mot Mil, north of Oakland. Mr. arid kin. Allen F. Moore, Roaeburg, parenu of aaven children, died aa the result of an accident Saturday at Deady, fly mllea north of Roee- burg. Three pemom Injured In accldenu mere In the hospital here. Tliey were kit. Talt. suffering from head In Juries; Mrs. Katherlne Luts. 55, LoomU. Sask., Can., dltlocated ankle, body brulees and ahock. and William Mayer, Marahfleld, Oregon, head lace rations and body bruises. All were ipected to recover. Hit Rnt on Carta Mrs. Talt was brought to the hos. " "re ounnay alter the car driven by her huiband occupied alao by Mr. Lutis collided with the bua hill nr the crest of Rice The atage waa disabled and It era. neoeaaary to transfer paatengera to - raasenirera were ahaken "T me comsion. but none seriously hurt. Sergeant Paul Parsons of the atato police reported. District Atomey J. v. long re ported this morning formal charges probably would be filed against Meter, aa a result of the accident which caused the deaths of Mr. and Mra. Moore. tTtf Complainant He la under technical arrest on complaint chaining assault and Battery filed by hta wife. Millie Mayer, who told officers. Long said, that prior to the accident, alie was beaten by her husband anil put out f their car at Oakland. Oregon. Traveling aouUl from Oakland Mayer. In attempting to pass a car preceding him on the highway, met a light truck driven by Moore, local typewriter aalea and service man. according to Deputy Sheriff Clifford Thornton. Investigating oflicer. Both onvcra aimuHaneooaly took to the ditch beside the road and the two vehlclee collided off the roadiray Mrs. Moore was killed Instantly, while her husband died a tew hours later In th hospital here. Plrat shipment of the Rogue River valley, turkey crop, estimated at be tween M.OOO and 40,000 birds by County Agent Robert o. Powler, will some next week. The crop is a'.Viht Jy leas than last year but In good condition. Favorable conditions pre vailed throughout most of the sea inn. Soma of the growers hare atsrted to ratten the birds, and some plan to start killing operations nett week. The price prosrwta look none to svd, Powler said New York prices range from M to sjc. No local prices have been quoted. POLLING PLACES Two chances have been announced v the sheriffs office, in polling places tor the cwnlraj general elec tion. November . Polling place for the W-.mer die trlct hs been chanced from the Wi ener store to the Wlmer Orange hall N.-rth Main precinct, MMford. has been chsnced from the corner rm of tie Hor.and hotel, to Fvhttiers Oarejre, just serosa Slith street. The chance was necessitated by occupancy of the R.Mland hotel space by the rv1eral Ftnplernirnt bureau. The county clerk office today started preliminary work cn prepar ing the ba lot bosee and sacks and arranging supplies. Preparation of JC41 books la also underaav. r.ie reentrant count shows 17 s vot. era In Jackeon rmintv. and official ba'.lota for that numher will he printed. I Ml awpeareeiie ' aW' ii'i V usiii in. . m i i i. i ii i ii sin. Pst 4t. iJKi-ea tea nl Rrpaettraa Central rwasaslttea. Drops to Death . - :. Dressed In evening clothes and wearing a corsage of tea roses, Dor othy Hale (abote), motion picture actress and dnbnler In the (heater, plunged to her death from her 16th floor apartment In an exclusive hotel overlooking Central Park. New York. She was a friend of Harry Hopkins, WPA administrator, but their re ported engagement was denied last summer. (A, P. Photo). NIAMEY'S VISIT TONIGHT EXPECTED TO STIR POLITICS With but a fortnight remaining before the general election Novem ber a. the local political arena to day remained aa quiet aa a gmteyard at midnight." Whether the unusual quiet Indl- csted that the voters were not par ticularly interested In the election or that they had already made up their mtnda about eanfl'-.Atea and Initiatives could not,r. easily de termined. The tK.'ry registration. however, was Vn to Indicate that the voters , i.s doing their own thlnkln; tl'.ie year and are not In a nvXMi jo listen to aweeping prom. Iks ci the nominees or to the biased pleaders eager to Interpret the Initia tive measures. However that might be. the Demo cratic candidate for the U. 8. senate, Willis Mshoney of Klsmath Falls, will fire a final campaign shot at a public meeting here tonight.. It la figured that Mahonev. If anyone can flame the Issues, with a bit of pyrotechnics and for this reason party leaders are expecting a large audience tonight. The candidate will speak at 5:30 In the hall over the Baldwin piano hop at US', West Main street. The audience will also be given a glimpse of the county csndldstes. for they are to be Introduced to Uia atarm blage. Mr. Mahoney arrived here this morning and was to spend the dsy meeting with various groups snd party lesders. Mr. Mahoney will spend tomorrow in Josephine county. He will return to Medford tomorrow night to give broadcast over station KMTO at 45. GOVERNOR FLAYS MCMINNV1U.B. Oct. 94 (API Softie doctrines" are demoralising Democrata and weakening the resist ance of such governments to the totslltsrian Influrnce. Oov. Charles H Martin to'.d an audience Saturdsy which saw him press a key ataning service In a memorable addition to this city's Diesel-powered l.M plant A lSJO-a-att. IllOAXl generator brings tiie plant to the sixth largest of its kind In lite country. The governor urged AmeiK-ans to return to the "hardy doctrines." It we are going to keep out cf war and get out of our present difficul ties, we are not going to let whlners rule." he said In his characteristic, crisp language. He criticised the Roosevelt administration for spend ing, saying -we spent dollars and where have we been." He turned then toward the In creased plant and remarked: Tou paw for It withM help from any great white rather." state Aide rites PORTVAND. Oct. 4 iAPI William K Truman, Oregon state unemploy ment commission cashier, died here yeeterday of a stomach ailment His home ass In Salem. HEAR CHARLES A. SPRAGUE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE TOR GOVERNOR KOIN TONIGHT 9 o'clock Subject "Which Wt Oregon" TO FURNISH SUPPER T "Orimnella.' a STS-pound weight pig. butchered and made Into 114 pounds of Miuage, will be served at a gala supper and dance vponaored by the Griffin Creek Orange In Med ford K. P. hall next Thursday night. The complete supper, consisting of sausage, mufflni. baked pot toes, sal ad, applesauce, homemade pie and Si Nw Orlfflnella coffee, will be served at 0:30 o'clock. The public Is cordially Invited to at tend. Following the sausage supper an entertainment program will be pre sented before dancing starts at 0 o' clock. On the program will be Miss Jewel Deter In several danoe num bers, the Orange harmonica band constating of Jake Brown. Rufus Pan and 'Roy Levsnder. and possibly some hillbilly selections by members of the Upper Appiogat CCC camp. Dancing will be from 8 to 13 to the music of Dickey's orchestra. All po litical candidates present will be In troduced. All money raised at the sausage supper wilt be used to augment the Griffin Creek Grange's building fund, the organization planning to build a new hall In the near future. The pl which has been butchered was "farmed" out to four Orange families for fattening, each family keeping and feeding the porker for about slk weeks. Johnny Curley butchered the animal, and It was made Into Mumge by the Hswa mar ket here. One ha mis being cured, snd will he given away at a future Orange meeting. 4 BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wllley of Eale Point October iU In the Stan ley Nursing home, a daughter weigh ing 7 pounds. 8 ounces. Bora to Mr. and Mrs. Kmmett Seal of Long Beach. Cal., on October Xfi boy weighing six pounds and eight ounces. The baby has been named Ronald Eminett. Mrs. Seal, with her baby, la at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs, George Horner of Grif fin creek. Goering s Pet Lion Cub Colcmrl Lindbergh has been tell In this one about hla meeting with Field Marshal Goeting during one of the colonel s rllta to Germany. UDdtviyh alway ha been royally received In Oermany. and on this occasion Ooerlng staged a apectal ex hibition featurlvv ht pet lion cub. The Nar4 air mlnlMer. one of the ralnest membera of the Hitler en tourae. la especially proud of his prow em m taming this lion cub. and waa dre.ve1 for the ceremony in unotle white. He wore white glove, white boot, white trousers snd white tunic. Actww h:s chest wai a row of war medals, only touch of color in the snow white ensemble. Ooertng carefully lined up hla fel low officers in fan-Ahape formation between hlmwlf and the Uon'a cape. The line of officers converged at a point where Ooerlng sat. white snd resplenden Only he and Lindbergh were permitted to sit. E?en Mrs. Undbereh remained standing. At the proper stftna,, the lion's Cflfe was opened, and the cub came bounding out. taking his p'.ace. as trained, upon Ooertn$'s knee. Everything went a expected. oept that the cub was far nvre nerwua !han anyone present, snd tvsvrd aa yvHing animals and chil ilren xiiftlmes do when frightened. The Narl war mlnlMer leaped to his feet and retired In confusion, his h ! te u n I form rui ned . ( Peareon 's Mazarine Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Adi is 1:50 p. m. Gli&iLi A. Rice Slate Superintendent of Public Instruction Rrnuir N'cahsu TW cm a nfa.-jn.-a cr Vote 23 X GUa,Li A. (lice Meteorological Report October 34 19S Forecasts' Medford and vicinity: Occasional rain tonight, Tuesday showers, little change In temperature. Oregon: Occasional -rain tonight. Tuesday- showers, little change In temperature, fresh to strong souther ly wind off the coast. Local Data Temperature a year ago today: Highest 78; lowest 41. Total month, t precipitation -08 lnehei; deficiency for the month 80 Inches. Total precipitation since Septem ber I. 1938. .M Inches; deficiency for the season .74 Inches. Relative humidity at $ p. m. yes terday 93 per cent; ft a. m. today 84 per cent. Tomorrow: Sunrise 0:38 a, m. sun set 5:18 p. m. Observations Taken at ft a. m., 130 Meridian Time. If b e ?! Boise a-. Boston . Chicago Denver . Eureka M Helena Los Angeles MEDFORD New York Omaha . Phoenix Portland . 74 83 . 64 34 . 43 34 . 60 28 . 63 34 . 50 34 . 84 SB . 69 AO . 63 60 . 48 30 . 88 46 , 66 43 . 60 36 86 48 . 64 36 Clear .61 Rain T. Clear Clear Clear Cloudy T. Cloud; .03 Ralo Clear Clear .06 Cloudy T. Clear .38 Cloudy Clear .08 Cloudy T. Cloudy T. Rain .16 Cloudy T. Clear Reno Roseburg Salt Lake San Francisco ..- 66 58 Sesttle 86 48 Spokane 68 43 Washington, D.O. 66 60 Yakima 64 43 PEARL RHODES FACES Z HUBER ASSAULT CASE Pearl Rhodes, charged with assault with a dangerous "weapon, was ordered held to await grand Jury action. In a decision handed down this morning by Justice of the Peace William R. Coleman. The district attorney's of fice said the case would be called to the attention of the grand Jury which started deliberations today. Olen Huber. charged with assault end battery In the same case, was held guilty and fined 660 and costs. The complaining witness, was Hu bert former wife. According to testimony offered it. the Justice court hearing, the trio ensaged in a fight on Orape street near Groceteria No. 3. a month ago. Mrs. Huber alleged the Rhodes wo man hit her over the head with a store poker, while she was held by Huber. It was also alleged her former husband bit her on the shoulder. Huber clslmed he acted In self-defense, and to cause Mrs. Huber to let go of a painful bold. Both the state and the defense pre sented briefs in the case, which was pondered by the Justice of the peace, before handing down findings. ACQUinAL GIVEN PERFECT HUSBAND CHICAOO. Oct. 77 A Jury of U husbands and a bachelor decided Rudolph Slfcora. the "perfect hus band." was Juttiried In kllllnr the man who stole his young wife's af fections. They acquitted the 31-year old de fendant laat night after deliberating lees than two hours. They took only one ballot. Ruw11 F. Hirnburg. 95. Jury fore man, apparently voiced the .senti ments of his fellow Jurors when he declared: -we felt Tint he acted In a way that should protect the sanctity of the American home." Edward SoJomon. 36. the bachelor lover of Mrs. Margaret Sikora. was ahot to death on a street corner last August 33. jSefjOte you See the HElll H10DEL CflflS to be shown vet if Soon investigate the Low Cost Way to pay for a car with THE FIRST NATIONAL'S 'CASH BUYER' PLAN ANY BRANCH -42 BRANCHES IN OREGON FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND 6 A brief summary of committee reports coTeting work of the past six months was Issued Saturday by the board of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Com mittee chairmen submitted the re ports to the board at Its meeting Friday in the Hotel Medford. The summary follows: Convention Committee: Obtained eight conventions so far for 1939. Fish and game: Committee held a meeting with mining operators snd representatives from Gold Beach re garding pollution of the Rogue river. Successfully urged state game com mission to extend pheasant hunting season to October 16. Prepared fish ing and hunting data to be sub mitted to next state legislature , Retail Merchants: Conducted 4-R dollar day sale and 'laid plana for another In November. Appointed so licitations and donatloni committee and better business bureau. Aviation: Urged United Air Lines to place additional plane on Med ford schedule. This haa been done Cooperated with the Northwest Avia tion Planning council. Endorsed es tablishment of slrmall line from United States to Alaska. Cooperated with city administration In lmprov '.ng facilities at Medford airport. Industrial: Investigated one or two Industries which contemplated lo cating In Medford and performed service for firms already here. Agricultural: Brought about reci procity program with Klamath Falls for Interchange of agricultural pro ducts. Held meetings with various growers to work out marketing pro grams. Brought about arrangements whereby Grange agricultural com mittee fend chamber committee would meet and confer regularly. Traffic Safety Council: Carried on continual educational campaign and obtained 35 changes In stop signs in the city streets for the betterment of travel. Conducted driver's schools at the high school. Tourist: Successfully organlaed re sort owners on the Crater Lake high way. Held meetings with other south ern Oregon chambers of commerce and resort owners to work out, a unified southern Oregon program. Educational classes on scenic re sources will commence next month. Legislative: Investigated one or two bills before the national con gress and will pass on every bill in the state legislature which affects the interests of Jackson county. Roads and Highways: Successfully organised the Association of South ern Oregon Chambeiw of Commerce In order to bring about a unified road program. Inter-Ctty Visitation: Encouraged Med ford "s attendance at all south ern Oregon celebrations and festi vals and visited a number of Granges with entertainment. Finance: Reported the chamber of commerce to be in good financial condition. Publicity: Conducted dally radio programs. Purchased page advertise ment In Grange magaeine. Sent pho tographs to magazines and news papers upon request. Published 10. 000 pamphlets. Bnirchised advertise ment with Oregon Rural Mall Car riers' association. Set up lay-out for the Oregon Newspaper Publishers' association convention which were used In all papers In the northwest. Assisted In tourtst travel survey In anthem Oregon. PRISON TERM EOR John Rooserelt Rodgers of Eugene. who entered a plea of guilty to lar ceny of air turkeys, belonging to C. R. Jones, a suburban area grower. was sentenced to an Indeterminate state prison term, not to exceed two years, by Circuit Judge H. D. Norton today. Jason Edward Fisher, a nephew of Rodgers. was given a suspended sett le nee . It w as h is first encounter with the Isw. it was claimed Rodgers had a previous turkey theft record. The pair attempted to sell the birds alire at a local market, and were ar rested. Jones regained his fowls. Cited as Slayer Mrs. Fern, Pntrlcla Dull (above), 94, (van arrnlfiiffl nn a. flrt rlrra mnr j d chlrfe , Harbor. Mlrp, less than 12 hours after her 42-year- old employer, U'llllam Hoi brook, uas shot to death In front of the Benton Harbor police headquarters. She was accused of killing , Ho I brook while In a Jealous rage. E TO BE FIRST IN ENTERING CITY (Continues irum Page One.) about 200 miles southwest of Han kow. There were no casualties. The customs dispute arose over Japanese refusal to clear the Dollar liner President Cool id ge early this morning for San Francisco, with a cargo of silver valued at more than 4. 000 ,000 which the Japanese-sponsored government apparently con sidered Its property. The Dollar line agreed to unload the sl'.ver, whereupon permission was granted to sail at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Referred to Thief The silver, loaded under guard of United States marines, was consigned to the CHase National Bank of New York. That bank s Shanghai branch, however, declined to make any state ment concerning the silvers origin or details of the transaction. Clarence E. Gauss, United States consul-general, was understood to have referred the matter to the state department in Washington following nis negotiations with Shinrokuro Hl- dsJta. Japanese charge d'affaires. It was reported Gauss In tese ncco Je ttons had emphasized the Interest of the American bank in the affair. Chinese customs officials on Stin- day issued permits for export of the silver and for departure of the Coolldge, and passengers took the tender to board her in midstream before. Japanese officials cancelled the permits. The Japanese - sponsored govern ment of Shsnghal with the co-operation of Japanese military and naval authorities effected cancellation of the clearance papers. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads is 1:30 p. m. . IF YOU FEEL SUNK Read this and cheer up Ar yea se blue tbst life b bo lonp vorth liTinc? Do TTa try easily? Do you fwi low mwtva. 4FTw4jat atolat4tr Sl'SK? Then hr' fowl ow for yoo to you ned a crn'n! tyrttra teote Just take tsiaoua Lydi E. Pink han't Vmtabl Ccm- KUfid. Left its wbdMOOM hffM S&d tTHtS Ip Nsture build v neor physKsl mart bc sod toce up your tv-atfrn. w that It eaa wr eily throw off tb "blues" sad giw mere orry to n;oy life. MILLIONS c4 WTno ba deproded op es this CVm pound nd fcsw psed tbe vord ir.f to (neadt sad sttf hbor. asd to taeir CfciMTfB. Why KM UV Pltkbsta'i Coat perm d sad CO miliBf thru"? IMPROVED SALES TREND NOTED BY WARD HEAD HERE Noting a new development tn con sumer buying. H. L. Brown reported today that an Improved sales trend waa apparently due to the fact that customers were buying In larger quantities. "We have definitely noticed during our current Ward Week sale." Brown said, "that customers are buying more. The tendency seems to be to stock up on all staple needs. Of course. It Is hard to determine whether this la due to a fear of In flation or to some other cause. "Certainly, the crowds that have come Into our store during Ward Week evidence a real eagerness to buy. Judging from present Indica tions business during this winter will be much better than we had I anticipated." The Ward Week sale la featured In Montgomery Ward stores all over the I country at this time every year Early reports show that this year's sales trend during the event la com paring favorably to that of last year. Ward Week continue here ' until October 29. NRA FOE TO FIGHT WAGE-HOUR ROLE YORK, Pa,. Oct. 34. (AP) Fred C. Perkins, battery firm owner who was Jailed briefly In 1933 on a charge of violating the national re covery act. thumbed his nose today at the new federal wage-hour law. effective last midn.ght. -I cannot afford to abide by it." he said In a statement to the Ga zette and Daily, "and I defy them to enforce It. "If they attempt to crush me, I will do my level best to put their Impractical notions to the acid test of public opinion In every hamlet In America." Perkins was prosecuted for NRA violations during the "crack down" days of General Hugh S. Johnson, first recovery administrator. He spent a short time in Jail here before being released under bond. A federal court Jury in Harris burg later found him guilty. He ap pealed to a higher court, but before the appeal was heard the U. S. su preme court ruled NRA unconstitu tional. af m m a 1 el I - ' M A I I FARMINQ A Vc transaction tax is a tax on farmer's gross receipts horn all sales, includ ing eggs, wheal, flax, livestock, agetablea; also a tax on ev.rr tbing he bava, mackioerf, sacks, fertiliser, boxes, law ance, ate. RETAIL A 2 transaction tax is a tax on dollar value of all aalea, largo ot emalL Tie ajar chant la supposed to par the tax. If ho adds the tax to his price, ho can add MORE than tie tax, thereby fooling tha purchase. WHOLESALE A J tiansao Hon tax la a tax on wholesale sales. Manr retailer, will bur mteid Oregon, because Inter state him an axaapt t SERVICES of doctor, dsnust, Iswroi, acooontant, garaga re peiraaa, are taxable. Lodge and club due are taxable. Al. eo rant, received, Interest, dlv. ldenda, transportation chargea, inanraaco praaiuaaa. REAL ESTATE eel are taxed 2- . .rVK Af. Vt O afcll' Hats V er a. 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