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Medford
Full Associated Press
Full United Press
Thirty-Third Year
MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1938.
No. 191.
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The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Copyright, 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
ortTFV LINKED TO G. O. P.
INDORSEMENT BY NEGRO
VANN AIDED KIDNAPING"
PENNSYLVANIA BLACK VOTE
SENATOR SAYS HE BACKS
DEMO TICKET OF HIS FOES
O. O. P. WIN tYOVI.D GIVE
HIM CONTROL DELEGATION
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. The best
political Joke In recent history was
played on the president the other
day by Robert L. Va n n . ed 1 tor of
the powerful negro newspaper, the
Pittsburgh Courier. The ebullient
Venn visited the White House In
great pompostensibly to persuade
the president to establish a negro
division of the army. And on the
wsy out he used the White House
steps, hitherto consecrated to the
most New Dealish announcements,
to Indorse the entire Republican
ticket In Pennsylvania.
The reporters of the Incident ne
glected the richest Ingredient of
Its comedy that Vann was the real
originator of the Democratic party's
celebrated capture of the northern
Negro vote, and was rewarded with
a fat place on the New Deal payroll,
aa special assistant to the attorney
general. It's an old tale, but one
that bears retelling.
It begins during the campaign of
1932. when the Hon. Joseph P. Guf
fwy, then an out-at-elbows bosa -of
an out-at-elbows Pennsylvania or
ganization, wna Just starting on the
road to glory.
Joe Guffey'a chief lieutenant was
his sister, the redoubtable Mrs.
Emma. Guffey Miller. And Emma
, Guffey Miller's manicurist was a
leader of Negro society In Pittsburgh,
the discreet and faithful Eva Deboe
Jones. One day, while Eva Deboe
Jones was putting the Miller cuticle
In Its place, she looked up from
her labor and said:
"Mrs. Miller. Mr. Vann'd like to
aee your brother."
Mrs. Miller parsed on the message
to her brother, who was at first In
credulous, being unable to think of
the Pennsylvania Negroes as any
thing but Republicans. But Mrs.
Miller insisted. and. as he usually
does when she insists. Joe Guffey
gave In. Vann came to see him by
(Continued on Page Three )
Lake Grappled For
Missing K. F. Hunter
KLAMATH PALLS. Nov. l.(AP)
Led by discovery of his shotgun to
believe that Sterling Dewitt. 25. had
drowned, sheriffs officers today low
ered grappling hooks Into the water
on the west side of Upper Klamath
lake In hope of recovering the miss
ing duck hunter's body.
Dcwltt has been missing since Sun
day morning when he went out on
the huntln? trip with his brother,
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Mattle Coleman finding a long-lost
eix-thX'ter buried in a dresser draw
er, she pulling the trigger to see
whit would happen and being scared
out of her wit when a bullet sped
past her foot with a fractional Inch
to spare and tore through the bed
room floor.
Mux Pelrce showing Major Morris
some of the fine points of an old
army game.
Audrey Van demonstrating the
new orchid lipstick that matches the
new orchid rmil polish.
Mary Conner reaching the height
of Aovnt-mlndrdneas during lunch
eon by pouring her coffee creim on
fillet of sole and missing the coffee
cup entirely, but deciding the mis
take was delicious anyway.
DeDe Orth Barnes making numer
ous promises about a long delayed
luncheon date, she vowing and vow
ing she would keep H but didn't as
both she nd Wie stood-up person
knew.
Prank -lone telitnc the many mer
its of Dat-y. thr pretty bovine crea
t ire he la always ro&htng home from
different places to milk.
Dorothy Young looking the picture
of loveliness In a quilted gown of
brrere sreen which hllloaed about as
she tripped the Lambeth walk.
'S HORSE
3 LENGTHS AHEAD
AT END OF DUEL
Pimlico
As 1
Throng Surprised
to 4 Favorite Dis
tanced in Record Time
Old Argument Settled
BALTIMORE, Nov. 1 . ( AP ) Sea
Biscuit today defeated War Admiral
by three lengths in their mile and
three sixteenths race at Pimlico.
Carrying the red and white silk
of Charles 8. Howard of San Fran
cisco. Sea Biscuit established a new
track record by traveling the dis
tance In 1 :56:3-5. one-fifth of a
second faster than the previous
mark established by Pompoon last
spring.
stride Tor stride
Sea Biscuit outbroke the famous
Man o' War colt from Samuel D.
Riddle's stable, led him to midway
of the backstretch. then matched
stride for stride to the head of the
home stretch, where he started to
pull away. At the finish he was
leaving the Admiral far behind.
The result came as a decided sur
prise to the crowd of 40.000 which
parked Maryland's most famous track
for the settlement of a year-old argu
ment. The Admiral was the 1 to 4
favorite, while Sea Biscuit closed at
2 to 1.
Getting under way from a walk-
up start, the Biscuit, riaaen Dy
George Woolf. took command at
once and quickly lengthened nis
advantage to a length and a half.
The Admiral moved up In the back
stretch and stuck his nose in front
at the five-eighths pole but he
never got any farther In front.
Whip Falls
Coming out of the back stretch
Charley Kurtsinger went to the whip
on the Admiral, but the Riddle colt
didn't have the stuff. For the sec
ond time In two years he was forced
to eat the dust of another horse.
Staging a great hand ride while
Kurtsinger was plying hla whip.
Woolf drove the Biscuit on to the
surprisingly easy triumph. The Bis
cuit's speed la shown In the frac
tional times. He covered the first
six furlongs In 1:11 4-5, and reeled
off the mile In the almost Incred
ible time of 1:36 4-6.
In the mutuels Sea Biscuit paid
16.40. A total of $76,811 was wagered
on the race first major match event
In the past 14 years.
While the $15,000 purse was a
mere pittance compared with the
prestige gained through victory. It
ratted Sea Biscuit's total earnings
for four years of racing to $340,480.
and gave him second place on the
list of money winning horses.
The triumph was the Biscuit's 32nd
In 84 starts and his 6th of the year
in 11 trips to the post.
OVER SEPTEMBER
With permits Issued last month to
uting $23,305. Medford building ac
tivity In October showed a sharp in
crease over the same pertod In 1937.
and a decided upturn from September
of this year, figures released from
the city building Inspector's office
revealed today.
Last month's increase over October
In 1037 was almost 400 per cent, per
mits valued at only $6,560 being Is
sued in the same period last year.
September of this year saw permit
valued at $10,680 Issued.
There were 24 permits issued last
month. Including five for the con
struction of new residences at a total
cost of $16,000. Remainder of the
permits were for repairing dwellings,
businesses and remodeling.
First permit of November was Is
sued to Lee Williams this morning,
to demolish a house at 144 South
Central avenue at a stated cost of
$50.
Many Oregonians Receive
Employment With CCC
WASHINGTON. Not. 1. (UP) , matlon 7. state psrk 8, aoll csnscrva
Robert Fechner, director of the Civ- i "on 4. general land orflce 8, bureau
,.n Conservation corp.. announce j ZT
today that from April. 1933. to June Amnnfl. mnjor work projects com
30, 1938. a total of 30.210 Oregon : pie ted since 1933 were 3.935 miles vt
men were employed In CCC camps.
The number Included 24.974 enrol
lees and 6.336 officers and work su
pervisors. On Oct. 30. Oregon enrollees in
CCC camps totaled 2-170. while 11.
6oo youth were working In Oregon
camps.
Fifty-eight camps were in opera
tion on Oct. 20. They were alloted to
government departments as follows:
National forest 17. division of erasing
private forest 1, bureau of rcla-
Ruth Etting
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Testifying under oath at a deposition hearing In Los Angeles. Ruth
she and Myrl Alderman were married. Alderman was vlnil recently by Martin
divorced husband. Above is a scene nt the hearing (left tn right) .Miss
attorney for Mrs. Alderman, who has filed a 150.000 love then suit agatn
8. 8. Halm, Mrs Alderman's counsel. Back to camera Is II. F. Sonnerman,
SNYDER LIBERATED
ON $25000 BOND
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 1. (AP) -Martin
Snyder, the Broadway theat
rical figure who is charged with
shooting Myrl Alderman, accompan
ist of Ruth Etting. his former song
bird wife, walked Jauntily out of
the Los Angeles county jail today on
a $25,000 bond.
Smoking a cigar, "Colonel Olmp"
was in high nplrlts as he rode down
the Jail elevator. At the street floor
he borrowed a white carnation from
a reporter and put It in the lapel
of hla natty brown coat.
Meanwhile, process servers sought
Aldennan tn vain. They wanted to
serve papers on the wounded ac
companist, asking him to appear
Saturday for deposition-taking in the
$150,000 love piracy suit filed by
his divorced wife, Alma, against Miss
Etting.
ASKS TAX REFUND
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 1. ( AP) The
movies' beat known sourpuss. Ned
Sparks, told the federal board ol
tax appeals today false teeth were
the tools of his trade, and he paid
$3,500 for a special aet that elimin
ated the hiss when he used the let
ter "S."
"I bought two seta." dead pan
Ned told Judge Ernest Van Foeean,
"Just In case something happened to
one. Buy buying these teeth I was
able to earn $172,000 aa a movie
actor. If 1 did not have them I might
not have been able to make $10."
Sparks la asking a reduction of
$8,187.77 in his income tax bills from
1934 to 1936. He claims this amount
was spent for entertainment, tins
automobile expenses and such nec- 1
cMittes aa the false teeth.
Hear Victim Kecmrrliig
CLEVELAND. Nov. 1. ( AP) Julia
Zetnnlck, 21-year-old WPA artist who
was clawed by a polar bear at the
too last Wednesday, was reported
"out of danger" today at city hos
pital. truck trails; 3,972 miles of telephone
lines; 1.386.000 acres rodent control;
34P.071 man-days fighting forest
fires; 817.47ft acres tree Insect pest
control; 3,159 watr control struc
tures. othT than dams: 2.200.000
fish storked; 199,283 feet pipe and
tile lines and 'conduits; and 1,005
bridges.
Since Its Inception, the CCC has
p-nt $50.801000 In Oregon, and en
rolls hive alloted $4,911,000 to dependents.
Denies Marrying Alderman
OF
COMEDY TEAM
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MALTBU BEACH, Cal.. NOV. 1.
(AP) The film colony and a world
of fans today mourned one of the
screen's top comedians, bespectacled,
cigar chewing, wise cracking Robert
Woolsey.
Death came to the elder member
of the Wheeler and Woolsey team
at his beach home here, yesterday
after an 18 montha' Illness which
had forced hla retirement from pic
tures. Bert Wheeler broke off a personal
appearance tour at Chicago and flew
here early today to attend the fun
eral services, which will be held Fri
day. "This la a terrific loss to- me," he
said. "Bud was not only my partner
on the stage and screen, but a great
personal friend."
Woolsey, 49, when he died, was .
Jockey at 15. But when Pink Star,
later a Kentucky derby winner, fell
with him and broke Woolscy's leg,
he turned bellboy and met actors
who helped htm get a start In vaude
ville and stock.
Two breaks came In their careers.
Once in 1932 Wheeler and Woolsey
dissolved film partnership over un
disclosed differences, but soon patch
ed it up. Again a new executive took
control at their studio, R.K.O., ald
he didn't like their brand of corned
and refused to renew their contracts
Then he discovered the two funny
men were the studio's chief money
makers and changed his mind.
Y
ARMSTRONG FIGHT
NEW YORK. Nov. 1. (,Ti Eddie
Mead, manager of Henry Armstrong,
said late this afternoon he would not
let the welterweight champion of the
world fight In defense of his title
with Ceferlno Garcia of Los Angeles
tomorrow night at Mndlson Square
Garden.
Arimtronx hd luffered an Injury
while hadowlxlng earlier In the
day.
Guardian Named
For Child Bride
PRF.STON8BURCI, Ky., Nov. 1
(API Oreen Allen. Prentomhuri! In
surance man, today waa appointed
guardian of Bosle CoIumhuK. 10
child bride, and ault Immediately
waa filed to annul her marriage of
a weelt to Fleming Tackett, 34-year
old miner.
Roale'a huabnnd. who had dlaap
peared when offlrcra went to arreat
him on a warrant charging him with
rape, atlll waa at large. Role and
her mother were arreted and
brought to Jail here.
Tragic. Hallowe'en
OAKLAND. Calif, Nor. 1. (API
A group of 'teen age boys started
out to celebrale Hallowe'en and their
fun ended when their truck crn?he-l
Into a tree, killing Ralph Calvin, 16,
and injuring aeveral othera.
2E,
Etting, "torch singer," denied that
(Col. 4 Imp) Knvder, Miss Etthig'a
Kiting, John T. Iloiiser, associate
- t the finger; Alma Alderman and
Miorthnncl reporter. (A. P. photo.)
E
. Hearlngpf testlmphy In the dnm
age suit of Mrs. Josephine N. Sleight
against. Elmer N. Ohilders and wife,
for $4600 for alleged personal injur
ies, underway In circuit court was
delayed today by arguments on de
fense motion a.
The plaintiff completed her case
Monday afternoon, end arguments
followed on a motion for a non-ault
filed by the defense. The- court over
ruled It.
Before the defense launched Its
testimony this morning, they filed
a motion for a directed verdict. Ar
guments on this point were expected
to last until mid-afternoon.
The plaintiff claims she was In
jured when she ateped tn ft hole In
the sidewalk In front of East Main
street property, owned by tho de
fendants, and negligence Is charged.
The plaintiff Is represented by At
torney Oeorge A. Codding, and the
defendants by Attorneys Oeorge M.
Roberts and Wlltlnm M. McAllister.
AUTOlSfHELDIN
DEATH OF HIKER
YREKA, Calif., Nov. 1. ,Pf Bart
Faga, 43. Algoma and Klamath Falls
mill worker, waa held In the county
Jail today In lieu of $5,000 ball on ft
carge of negligent hamlclde for the
denth of Ben Dayton. 33, a seaman.
Dayton, a hitch hiker, was ploked
up Friday by Faga. Later Faga ram
med his automobile Into barrier on
the new Weed-Klamath Falls lund
not yet opened. .
The car overturned and Dayton
died Monday from hla Injuries.
COPCO SEPTEMBER NET
UNDER PREVIOUS YEAR
SAN FRANCISCO, Not. 1. (AP)
California Oregon Power Co. re
port, $876,483 net profit for the yrnr
mided September 30. a decrease from
41,101.807 in the preeedlng 12 montha
Indian Woman Mining
KLAMATH FALLS, Nov. 1 (API
Indian offlcera today bean a acarch
for Bcatrloa Brown picken. 30,
Klamath Indian woman who disap
peared mysteriously October 30 and
has been unreported atnee.
Radio Highlights
(lt A.sof'lllted Press)
"Time la Eastern Standard)
NEW YORK, Not. 1. (AP) To
night: WJZ-NBC, and WMCA, Sec
of State Cordell Hull on foreign
trade; WABC-CBS, 10:45, Norman
Thomas on national Issues.
WEAF-NBC, 11:30, American Jew
ish congress
WABC-CBS,
Al Jolson.
WJZ-NBC,
comment.
8:30. Al Smith with
10:45, Dr. Jaet row's
What to expect Wedneadsy. WFAF-.
NBC, 1:16 p. m . Let's Talk It Over
6:O0, Our American Schools; WABC.
CBS. 3 00, Oeorga 8. Mesacrsmlttt on
foreign trad.
L...IS
HIGH NEW DEALERS
Un-American Activities Com
mittee Chairman Says
Abuse, Ridicule Heaped
On Hearings No Aid
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. (AP)
Chairman Dies (D-, Tex.) said today
the house committee on un-Ameri
can activities may have to end its
hearings soon because Its $25,000
expense fund is running low.
Since President Roosevelt and
members of hla administration have
taken some verbal digs at the com
mittee. Dies was none too hopeful
of getting more cash after congress
nu'eLs In January.
The $25,000 would have gone
farther, the chairman Indicated in
a radio address last night, had gov
ernment departments supplied law
yers, Invent I gators, stenographers and
clerks lu, accordance with the house
resolution ordering tho Investigation.
No Aid (ilven
He said, however, appeals to the
justice and labor departments, the
WPA. and finally to the president,
had brought no results.
In fact, he added, Secretary Per
kins and Secretary of the interior
Ickes Joined "certain radical writers"
tn a campaign "to discredit the com
mittee by ridicule and misrepresen
tation." When the secretary of the senate
civil liberties committee offered aid
in obtaining departmental personnel,
Dies a&acrttxi, It was re l used for fear
of "sabotage."
By arrangement of the Democratic
, national committee, Paul Y, Ander
I son, Washington correspondent of
the St, - Louis . Star-Times, followed
Dies on the air. Anderson said he
had seen some "sllp-hot" and
"shockingly unfair" congressional In
vestigations but declared none had
approached the Dies committee's
hearings In either of those respects.
Ilelleve Fantastic Varus
"Some of the most fantastlo yarns
ever heard outside of an insane
asylum," he added, "are gravely ac
cepted by the committee without the
faintest effort to discover whether
the witnesses are credible or respon
sible or whether they aro actuated
by ulterior motives.'!
Anderson said the committee used
an "extraordinary presentation and
manipulation of witnesses" for pol
itical effect, regardless of "the dam
age the truth suffers In the pro
cess.
Dies contended, on. the other hand,
that every person or organization
against whom charges were made In
hearings had an Invitation to appear
before the committee.
ROUTINE BUSINESS UP
AT COUNCIL MEETING
Only routine business Is scheduled
to come before the city council at
Its regular semi-monthly meeting
tonight. As It Is the first meeting
of the month, It 1st expected that
several department reports for Octo
ber will be filed.
The council will convene as usual
at 7:30 In chambers on the top floor
of city hall.
Candidates Mass Attack
On Voters of Multnomah
PORTLAND, Nov. 1. (AP) The
biggest slice of Oregon voter,, Mult
nomah county and Ita environs,
found Itself subjected today to the
maaa attack of political office-seekers
aa the general election campaign
hit tho downhill grade Into Novem
ber 8.
Virtually all major candidates were
espousing their causes before aud
iencca In thl, vicinity, performing
what In polltlces and a lot of other
ventures Is called th' cleanup work.
Here la what they wera proclaim
ing for the direct benefit of more
than a third of the stntc'a popula
tion living In this area:
Rufus Holman, Republican nomi
nee for U. 8. senator Our govern
ment la under attack by our chlel
executive In hla efforta to nullify
the constttututlonal prerogatives of
congress and the supremo court. Our
whole economic structure depends
upon the contlnusnoe of constitu
tions! government. If we lose It we
love everything, Including the WPA
I again call upon the Jeffrraonlan
Democrata and the Lincoln Republi
cans to unite to save our constitu
tion. Willi, Mnhoney, Democratic nom
inee1 for 0. a. senator These lock,
iwtllsmetu- river locks at West Linn)
which will permit the passage of
sea-going vessels have already been
spproved by the United states army
engineers and by the federal admin
Bob Emmens Loses
Trousers And Car
To Hitch-Hike Pair
HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 1 .iff)
Lieutenant Robert G. Emmens
told police here he didn't mind so
much losing his oar to robbers,
but when they took hla pants, too.
he was embarrassed.
Emmens said he lost $S Sunday
to two hitchhikers who forced him
to drive to the Hollywood hills
and then left with his car and
trousers. He added that he felt
better when he found the trousers
tossed beside the road some dis
tance away, as he walked back to
report the robbery.
Lieut. Emmens, son of Mrs. J, J.
Emmens of Siskiyou Heights of
this city Is a member of the army
air corps stationed at March field,
near Riverside, Calif. He often goes
to Los Angeles and Hollywood to
visit friends.
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TO ROGUE VALLEY
First touch of wintry weather came
to southern Oregon today, trie Initial
sustained rain of the season soaking
the lowlands and snow blanketing
the highlands.
Forecast was for continued rains.
with more snow expected In the
higher elevations.
From 3:27 p. m. yesterday to 10:20
a. m. today .75 of an Inch of rain
fell here, the weather bureau report
ed. It waa still raining this afternoon.
The rain brought the seasonal total
to 1.80 Inches at 5 a. m. today.
The hills surrounding Medford
were caped with snow for the flrat
time this season.
Snow was 6 inohea deep at head
quarters in Crater Lake national
park this morning,- between 8 and
9 Inches at Annie Spring, the Med
ford office stated. Road to the rim
was closed temporarily and park vis
itors were advised to have ttrs chains
on their cars. It was still snowing at
Fort Klamath,
An Inch of snow covered the
ground at Union Creek and this af
ternoon a mixture of rain and snow
was falling. Six Inches of snow fell
at Lake of the Woods.
Snow fell In the night at Oregon
Caves but this morning the weather
was olearlng, Medford headquarters
ssld. .
KLAMATH FALLS. Nov. 1. (AP)
Early-rlslng Klamath residents to
day were greeted by sight of the
season's first snow. A halt-Inch cov
ering molted with a mtd-morning
sun, but by 11 a.m., the fall had
resumed, and the prospect was for
light flurries through the day.
Returning Workers
Ousted From Plant
CLEVELAND, Nov. 1. (AP) A CIO
official said some Republic Steel
Corp. employes ejected today from
a Republic plant 46 strikers who
were called back to work under terms
of a recent national labor rela
tions board order.
B. J. Dsmlch, field director of
the steel workers' organising com
mittee, asserted the men were driven
from Republic's Upson nut division
plant before they had an opportu
nity to change their working clothes.
istrator. The next thing la to get
the money. This will require a atrong
fight In the United States congress
Its next session. It will require
Immediate leadership to aee that
theae necessary funda are allocated
. before available funds are used
up for projects in other states, I
pledge myself to mske that fight, i . .
CharlPa A. Sprague, Republican
nominee for governor Aa one who
u thoroughly acquainted with the
school problem from the standpoint
of the teacher, principal, superinten
dent and finally ft school director.
I want to see the state take steps
to lighten the tax burden on the
rural districts through a larger atate
school fund and to provide more
adequately for teachers In all our
grade schools. Our teachers should
have ft state annuity when they re
tire. Henry L. Heas, Democratic nom
inee for governor Our labor strife
and bloodshed which hove cost the
working man millions In unearned
wagea and the employers millions In
unearned profits can be avoided. . ,
Disturbances created by ft email, dla-
conlented minority, ft minority un
wanted ny the Intelligent working
body, which interferes with thl, nec
essary mutual end (security to all)
can and must be stopped. Pirating
hi business and labor cannot be
tolerated for Oirgon'a welfare a
wbola.
BURGLARS ENTER
MANY BUILDINGS;
GET SMALL LOOT
Five High Schools, Library,
Churches Ransacked in
Medford and Environs
Arrest Is Expected Soon
A long series of burglaries, whlca,
In the last six daya baa aeen flva
Jackson county high school build
ings, two churches In Ashland, the
Ashland library, the Medford Pres
byterian church and the Medford
library entered and ransacked, am
being Investigated by state police,
the sheriff's office and city police
of Ashland and Medford.
The sheriff's office reported today
that several fingerprints and ft cast
of the Vires on the automobile used
by the prowlers had been obtained,
and that an arrest In the near fu
ture was probable. Deputy Sheriff
William Grenbemer stated that tha
crimes were apparently committed
by transient, probably youthful.
Small Loot
All told, the amount of loot ob
tained by the burglars will total
about eoo in ch, tne sheriff's of
fice reported. Evidently the prowlera
are Interested In nothing but money,
as no equipment waa stolen front
any of the buildings entered.
Last two "JoLs" of the prowler
occurred In Medford last night,
when the public library wsa entered
through the back door and thanos
through the front Inside door after
removing a pane of glass, and tha
Preabytorlan church, which was en
tered through a side door. At nei
ther place did the prowlera obtain
anything, city police reported, merely
disturbing books and deska In their
supposed search , for money
Since Wediiesday,.tt)e following
county high school buildings have
been entered: Rogue River, Gold
Hill, Central Point. Phoenix and
Jacksonville. In each. Instance, en
trance waa gained by breaking win
dows. At Gold Mill, (30 or 40 waa
obtained from filing cases. At Cen
tral Point, the burslara punched tha
lock off a safe, but were unable to
gain entrance when the door's mech
anism jammed. All Burglaries ftnd - '
tempts at burglary In the county -high
schools occurred while th
teachers' Institute wee in progress
In Ashland and the sohoola wens
closed.
Enter Ashland Library
In Ashland, entrance to the li
brary waa effected through an open
boiler room window, after which tha
door Into the basement waa Jimmied
and entrance to the upatars waft
made by removing the glass from tha
front Interior door. The main desk
waa ransacked, but nothing waa
taken. An unlocked window provided
the burglars with a means of enter
ing the Christian Science church,
where nothing waa stolen. However,
two checks were torn up when tha
prowlers evidently became Ired be
cause they were not currency. The
Ashland Methodist church was also
entered Saturday .nlght, but nothing
was disturbed.
DEFLAlfflRES:
LEADING PASTIME
FOR HOBGOBLINS
Except for such minor depredatlona
aa soaping wlndowa, puncturing au
tomobile tlrea with Ice-picks, tearing
down street signs, outtlng wlra
fences, demolishing wood piles, rip
ping vines off houses, shooting street
lights with air guns, transferring
trallera to porches and frightening
citizens out of their wlta with tick-
tacks and funny faces, Hallowe'en
celebrants last night went a quiet
and peaceful lot.
Chief of Police Clatous McCredta
said today that no serious damaga
waa dona to property, so far as ha
could lesrn, and that youngster!
confined their annual hobnobbing
with the hobgobltna to more or lena
Innocent pleasures.
Most popular form of devilment
seemed to be letting the air out of
automobile tires. Over 30 tire, were
deflated on care parked near tha
armory, and even machines parked
In the downtown district received
their share of tha activity. One res
ident of the city reported a large au
tomobile trailer reposing on hla
porch, Ita origin undetermined.
Th night police, augmented by six
extra officers, kept a close ya on
th roaming bands of Hallowa'enera,
and only one auch gang was rounded
up and taken to the station, the chief
said. They were released after a good
strong lecture, which apparently had
lu desired effect, because tha gang
was not heard from again.
All in all. It waa Juat another Hal
lowe'en. Chief McCredh stated, not
too quiet and not too bad.