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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1938.
No. 222.
The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Copyright, 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
GRAVE A liTKR NATIVE IN
RECALL OF WILSON
F. R.. STATE DEPARTMENT
DON'T INTENU L'KKEMElf
ALSO WI,SH TO AVOID
WIDENING GERMAN BREACH
HOPE MODERATES WILL
OUST NAZI EXTREMISTS
WASHINGTON, Dec, 7. Under
stress of the emotions aroused by the
recent paroxysm of Nazi bestiality.
It was natural to accept as a fine
gesture the recall "to report" of our
ambassador to Germany. Now, how
ever, it's time to realize the tremen
dous potential Importance of Hugh
Wilson's presence at the state depart
ment on Indefinite home assignment.
A gesture in foreign affairs is Just
m meaningful as a gesture In private
life. A nation that makes gestures
which are not backed up Is in the
same position as a little boy who
tosses rocks at his friends without
being ready to take a rock or so In
return. And there Is no doubt now
that Wilson's recall was Intended to
be as strong a gesture of reproof to
Germany as the president was cap
able of making. This fact was under
lined, much to the surprise of many
state department officials, when the
Germans answered the American ges
ture by the recall of Ambassador
Dleckhoff, also "to report."
Had -the president feared the con
sequences of his gesture, he might
have sent Wilson packing back to
Germany Immediately after their
conference at Warm Springs. Wilson
would have "reported." The Implied
(Continued on Page Six.)
E
IN LOS ANGELES AREA
DECLARED GOOD SIGN
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 7 .TV-Renewal
of earthquakes In southern Cal
ifornia the one last night was the
second In eight days is looked up
on by seismologists as a good sign.
Dr. Charles P. Rlchter, of the
Carnegie institution of Washington
Selsmologlcal laboratory at Pasadena,
said today the 7:30 p.m. shock last
night was a very mild one. as was
that of November 39.
"Resumption of normal activity Is
a good sign, for there has been quite
an Interval of quiet," said Dr. Rlch
ter. He explained that In the past year,
while many other sections of the
world had violent earthquakes, Cali
fornia was quiet. Periods of quiet,
seismologists and geologists feel gen
erally, are not normal In sections
where mountains are growing, and
such quiet Indicates stresses are be
ing built up and perhaps the situa
tion may lead to a serious condition
where a heavy relieving shock might
occur.
MRS. HONEYMAN BIDS
PRESIDENT GOODBYE
WASHINGTON. Dee. 7. (AP)
Representative Nun Wood Honeyman
(D-Ore.), whote campnlen for re
election was unsuccessful, was a
White House visitor today. She said
she had merely come In to tell the
president goodbye.
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Cilllelte Reelected
DBS MOINES. Is., Dec. 7 R) The
Iowa slate canvassing board today
awarded re-election to U. 8. Senator
Ouy M. Gillette. (D) by a 3,805 rate
margin over his Republican opponent,
former Senator L. J. Dickinson.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
MsrAbel Prohnmayer, Barbara Bow
ermsn, DeDe Barnes and an unidenti
fied fourth wondering why they
didn't cop a priee at a bridge event,
they apparently unaware that per
haps much visiting had something
to do with It.
Cecl.e Creed being Just about the
trickiest looking hit In town upon
her arrival In he old stamping
ground for a spell.
Doll'e Miller thinking this pillar
of playfulness just too funny for
words, she be.ng not overly desirous
of having her moniker appear In It.
however.
Bett'e Fllnn being so awfully hope
ful that Bett'e would appear Bett'e
in this sheet Instead of the usual
Brtti
T STEAD TO
TELL VERSION OF
PLANEJRAGEDY
Weather Conditions Consid
ered Unfavorable Shortly
Before Ship Left Medford.
Crash Inquiry Reveals
OAKLAND, Calif.. Dec. 7. (AP
Capt. Charles Stead, pilot of the
Ill-fated airliner which carried four
men and a woman to death in the
sea off Point Reyes before dawn
November 30, was scheduled to take
the stand at a federal inquiry to
day to tell officially his own story
of the tragedy.
Stead previously had explained he
become lost, en route to Oakland
from Medford, Ore., because of "too
good" radio receptivity, which brought
In so many ground stations clearly,
he found It confusing.
Two Survivors
The plane was forced down when
the fuel gave out. All the occupants
except Steaft and Isadore Edelsteln,
paroled convict, perished when they
slipped off the top of the plane as
It drifted toward the rocky coast.
Yesterday's testimony before mem
bers of the air safety board of the
civil aeronautics authority disclosed
weather conditions were considered
so unfavorable shortly before the
plane left Medford both the United
States weather forecaster and the
United Air Lines dispatcher at Oak
land airport agreed the flight should
be delayed.
Verne D. Steves. In a deposition
read by Fred Glass, chief examiner
for the board, stated that as Junior
meteorologist at the U. S. weather
office at Oakland airport, he had
considered the plane should not start
out from Medford In face of a storm
on the coast, and surface winds of
50 miles an hour to the west.
Holding Suggested
Dispatcher Thomas B. Van Sclevcr,
United Air Lines .dispatcher at the
Oakland airport, testified he had
twice relayed Steves' wenther data
to Medford and suggested Stead be
held there. ... , ,(
He added, however, Max 6. Henne,
Medford station manager, and Pilot
Stead reported weather conditions
Improving at Medford, with open
clouds to the south, and further in
quiry to Sacramento resulted in a
decision the plane might proceed
to the airport there.
John L. Herllhy of Chicago, vice
president of the United Air Lines,
testified the plane was "airworthy
In every respect," and had been
properly inspected and kept in con
dition. Peter Csandretto, superintendent
of the UAL communications labora
tory, testified radio equipment was
In perfect condition.
T
DATA ON LICENSE
County Clerk George R. Carter said
today he would Issue no marriage
licenses until he had received -full
and complete Information on the new
marriage examination law. which be
came effective December 1, from the
state board of eugenics.
Two couples appeared Tuesday to
apply for wedding licenses and were
Instructed by the county clerk to
"come back In a day or two." They
were the first applicants since last
Thursday.
The county clerk said: "I am taking
no chances on a half-way job, and
want full and conjplete Information
before lssu I n g 11 cen sea. I wa n t to
know what I am doing. I rejected
two applications Tuesday, for this
reason."
The state board of eugenics ad
vised the county clerk the Informa
tion he desired would be forthcoming
Thursday.
Garner Boom Is Launched
By Old Cronies in Texas
DETROIT, Tex. Dec. 7 (JPf Every
resident of Red River county, where
Vice-President John Nance Oarner
was born, was a member of the first
official "Garner For President" club
today by edict of Dr. Nowlln Watson
of Clarksvtlle. Its permanent chair
man. Old cronies or the vice president
Joined Texas Democrats at the log
cabin where Garner's mother was
born to form the club yesterday. Dr.
Watson told them every man. woman
and child In the county automatxal
ly came into the organization.
Garner, who was hunting deer near
his Uvalde home In southwest Texas,
did not attend the meeting but 400
other persons did. parking their auto
mobiles In a cotton field near the
cabin.
Former members of the Coonsoup
Hollow and Possum Trot baseball
clubs and many old timers who play
ed pokr with Garner when he was
a rising young Red River county
On Trial In
r v.. 'oust, v .i
t
Gaunt gimlet-eyed Decastro Earl
as they went on trial In Seattle In
arc aemtsed of butchering James
found. (AP Photo.)
Last Legal Step Taken in
Effort to Save Mrs. Halm
COLUMBUS. O., Dec. 7. (AP) Counsel for Anna Marie Hahn. sched
uled to die in the electric chair tonight, sought a writ of mandamus in
federal court today as the last legal step In the fight to save her life.
Joseph Hoodln, tin condemned poi
son slayer's attorney, contended she
was not given proper opportunity to
defend herself. Judge Mell G. Under
wood said ho would heap, the applica
tion later today.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Hahn fought for
composure In her cell after collapsing
earlier.
The nerves of the condemned poi
son slayer crumbled and ahe sobbed
hysterically after Gov. Martin L.
Davey declined to intervene In the
electrocution, scheduled for about
a p. m. ' - -' -'--'
"1 had no Idea he would do this to
me," moaned Mrs. Hahn, repeatedly
kissing a picture or her 12-year-old
son, Oscar. Finally last night, she
fell In a faint in her penitentiary
"denth row" cell. Two matrons placed
her on a bed and revived her with
spirits. She sobbed until she dropped
Into a fitful sleep.
Warden J. C. Woodward said Oscar
will be permitted to remain with his
mother until her last meal is served,
about 5:30 p. m.
Mrs. Halm's last hours probably
will be spent with the prison's Cath
olic chaplain, the Rev. John A. Sulli
van, for whom she has been embroi
dering altar cloths.
Joseph H. Hoodln, her attorney,
asked permission to confront the gov
ernor with the condemned woman's
son In a last desperate plea for clem
ency, but Davey said he would not
see them.
The governor pictures Mrs. Hahn
as a "cold-blooded" killer who slew
In "remorseless deliberation for
money."
A 32-year-old blonde born In Ba
varia and never admitted to U. S.
citizenship, Mrs. Hahn was convicted
of administering poison to 78-year-old
Jacob Wagner, a Cincinnati gar
dener. The prosecution charged Wagner
was only one of four elderly men poi
soned by Mrs. Hahn so she mild
obtain their meager savings to .
her race track lvrs.
McAdoo Suffering
From Indigestion
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 Wll
laim G. McAdoo, recently senator
from California, remained abed today
on doctor's orders after an attack of
Indigestion.
He rested comfortably during the
night, associates said. Dr. Oeorge W.
Calver, capltol physician, described
the illness as "slight."
attorney turned out to whoop It up
for "John Nance in 1940."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 4 John
Nance Garner Is likely to treat the
capital to a fine brand of political
poker during the next two years.
He will bring expert knowledge to
the game. Oarner not only knows
politics but he knows alt the Ins and
outs of poker, though he ha retired
from active practice.
His friends believe he will keep
silent about the presidential boom
started for him In Texas yesterday.
Talk of Oarner for president now
brings an altogether different re
ppon v from some of then same
Easterners than It did In 1933.
Must persons agree Garner will
play a powerful part In the 1940
Democratic convention. Some go so
far as to say the convention and the
party may be torn apart by two
faction. a conservative group led by
Oarner and a lltvral one led hy
President Roosevelt.
Bassett Murder Mystery
...... r-s.
Mayer, habitual criminal, and his mother. Mary Eleanor Smith, are shown
fight for their lives i.c.ulnst a ten-year-old first degree murder charge. They
Eugene Bassett, 3.", of Italtltiiorc, Aid.. Sept. 5, 1928. Ills body never was
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doing compulsory labor construction
Jobs In Gaenserndorf, near Vienna,
were ordered today to wear on their
right arm a yellow bad go similar to
the badge worn by Jews In the mid
dle ages.
The Jews working on the project
have been at Gaenserndorf since the
antl-semltlc campaign started No
vember 10. Most of them were hand
icraft men and they had been con
ducting a camp-llkc school lor young
Jews learning trades preparatory to
emigrating.
Aryans were engaged to help them
when Bucrckel decided to enlarge tho
labor camp by erecting Additional
barracks and workshops.
Gaenserndorf, a town of about 3,'
000 population, Is a half-hour's street
ear ride from Vienna. The Jews are
permitted from Saturday noon to
Monday morning to visit their famil
ies In Vienna.
Meanwhile, Vienna police have
been quietly rounding up all. Jewish
postage stamp dealers In the city.
They have beeen placed in concen
tration camps and their stamps, es
timated at 3.000.000 marks (about
91,200,000), have been confiscated.
COUNTY JAIL LOSING
WINTER POPULARITY
Jackson county's Jail population
numbered only rlx prisoners today,
the lowest winter time census In the
records of the sheriff's office, that
official reported. At one time last
summer, there were only four In
mates, The sheriff was unable to
account for the wavo of good be
havior hereabouts, which has left his
bastlle practically 'bare,
4.
Radio Highlights
(By Associated Press)
(Time Is eastern standard)
NEW YORK, Dee. 7. A couple
new programs, the kind that radio
likes to look upon as "different." are
in the offing. In fact one starts
Sunday night; the other, Decem
ber 21.
Tha Sunday program, from 8 to 9
p. m on CBS. la to he called "This
Is New York" and will be something
of a radio version of a newspaper
column on New York and its person
alities. The other new one, opening De
cember 21 at 10:30 p. m., on WJZ
NBC, will present the opposing view
points of two Washington commen
tators under the program title of
"The Public Interest In Dcmorracy."
TbnUrht (Wednesday): Heavyweight
fight Tony Galen to vs. Otis Thomas
at St. Louis, to WABC-CBS at 11.
What to expect Thursday: Pan
American congress WEAF-NBC 6:0
and WABC-CBS 6:45. WABC-caS
5:50 W. R. Wills from Formosa on
fighting In China. WJX-NBC 13
noon National aAnoctallon of Manu
facturers, C M. Chester on "Shake
Hands With Tomorrow." MBC chain
4:25 Bar Baldwin from London In
"An Appeal for Jews and Non-Aryan
Christians."
(Radio Programs on Page 9)
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OFFICER TESTIFIES
SEATTLE, Dec. 7. ( AP) Captain
of inspectors James A. Goodnight,
Oakland, Calif., testified today Mrs.
Mary Eleanor Smith tried to bribe
him to "get rid" of James Eugene
Bassett's wrist watch when it was
found In Bassett's car after police,
arrested her and Docosto Earl Mayor
In the bay city 10 years ago.
The 73-year-old woman, on trial
with Mayer for first degree murder
for Bassett's death, told him sho con
sidered the watch -"dynamite," and
said it' must have been "planted,"
Goodnight said. Tho state charges
the two killed Bassett here to gain
possession of his car, dismembered
and burying tho body which has
never been found.
Earlier, Fred A. Peterson, Oakland
policeman, testified he found tho
watch while searching the machine
and turned It over to his superior.
Tho trial is in its eighth day.
"Did you show her the watch?"
Deputy Pros. Charles O. Ralls asked
Goodnight.
"I did." Ooodnlght replied. "She
said, 'that watch was planted on my
son. I think that watch Is dynamite.'
She wanted mo to get rid of It, She
said she'd make it all right with mc
if 1 would."
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As part of the Jackson. County
Chamber of Commerce Yuletlde pro
gram, the girls' fife, bugle and drum
corps of the senior high school will
parade through the city's downtown
streets tomorrow afternoon.
The smartly-clad organization will
assemble for formations In the area
on the west side of the chamber of
commerce at 3:15. The march thru
the business section will follow.
A week from tomorrow, December
15, the girls' fife, bugle and drum
corps of the junior high school wtll
repeat the program.
A climax of the Christmas season
will be the children's party at the
chamber of commerce December 22
when Santa Caus himself will give
the youngsters candy and favors. The
psrty is scheduled for 4 p. m.
20,000lflES
. FROM ROGUE FOREST
About 20,000 Douu fir ChrUtmoa
tree, will be harreued tM aeaaon
on tha Rogue River national foreet,
headquarters here announced today.
The trwe. from the Klamath lake
aectlon of the foreet, will be mar
keted In San Pranclaco. They n't
the foret aenrloe three eenta each,
caeh In advance.
No 8hnt or allver tip Chrlstmai
tree, will be cut on the foret thl
year, headquarters aald. Tha Ahssia
la considered a more desirable Christ
mas tree In the California trade.
Rancher Admits
Slaying Brother
AI.TURA8, Cel.. Dec. 7 (UPI
Loren Dees. Eaglevtlle rancher who
shot and killed his brother Dannie
Thsnksglving eve as tha climax at ft
lifelong feud, pleaded irullty to
chargee of first decree murder In the
Mndoe county court today.
Superior JudRe Ben Curler set Fri
day for parnlng sentenc
BRIT f,N PONDERS
FILM AID TO
CHINESEOEFENSE
Undersecretary for Foreign
Affairs Cautions Japanese
Present Policy Is Bound
to Have Repercussions,
LONDON, Dec. 7. M The British
government Is considering financial
assistance to China to combat Jap
anese domination of the far east at
the expense of western powers.
The Earl of Plymouth, undersec
retary for foreign affairs, cautioning
Japan to "realize their present policy
Is bound to have Incalculable reper
cussions," told the house or lords last
night Britain was disposed favorably
to give "assistance to China In con
nection with-export credits."
Lord Ellbank, peer and Insurance
company director, urged economic
action against Japan by reducing;
Japanese exports to British colonics,
withholding foreign exchange and
credits, and closing Hongkong. Indian
and Straits Settlement ports to Jap
anese shipping.
The British government five
months ago refused a Chinese bid
for $100,000,000 and the reopening
of the subject led some political
quarters to Interpret therein a double
purpose to restore friendlier rela
tions with China, Irked by the pre
vious refusal, and to Impress upon
Japan the desirability of making
concessions, lest China with new out
side help prolong the war.
TOKYO, Dec. 7. (fp) Japan has
prepared a further exposition of her
attitude toward foreign economic
rights In China, and Tokyo news
papers said today It would be given
to the British and United States
ambassadors tomorrow.
The American ambassador, Joseph
C, Grew, and the British Sir Robert
Leslie Cralgle, were expected to meet
with Foreign Minister Hachtro Arlta
for discussion of the open door ques
tion. The newspaper Asahl said Arlta
would outline the Japanese claim to
special economlo position In China
and give limited ttssurancna other
powers would not be deprived of
business opportunities.
The foreign office spokesman said
the Asahl Interpretation was not of
ficially Inspired but It "very accu
rately reflects public opinion."
Asahl stated Arlta would discuss
abolition of all extra -territoriality
rights, (exemption from Jurisdiction
or local courts and other privileges
given by China to countries with
foreign concessions), "for the boneflt
of China."
DELINQUENCY LIST
The district attorney today turned
over to the sheriff the list of delin
quent taxpayers in Jackson county,
snd filed foreclosure proceedings. The
action covers 1.208 parcels of land
on which 313.728.2. was originally
due. During tha peat two weeks a
number of payments have been made,
reducing the totsl considerable.
First publication of the delinquent
list will be made this week, and
publication will be made once a week
for a month. After Issuance of final
Judgment and decree, a year Is allow
ed for redemption of the property.
by the payment of principal, eight
per cent Interest, penalty, and costs
of the proceedings.
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Missing CP. Lawyer
Is III In Portland
GRANTS PASS, Dec. 7 Mrs.
A. C. Hough said Tuesday afternoon
that her husband, reported missing"
since November 27, la In Portland
and has been 111.
She said ahe had Just received
word from their daughter Hor tense
that Mr. Hough, Grants Pass attorney,
had been located there,
"He has been quite ill," Mrs, Hough
said. "He will return as soon a he
recovers."
Legion Head Urges Funds
To Keep Dies Probe Going
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (AP) Ste
phen P. Chadwlck of aVattle, Ameri
can Legion commander, called on
congress today to continue the life
of the house committee Investigating
un-American activities and appro
priate more money "essential to the
completion of the work-'
Chairman Dies (D., Tex.) of the
committee has said he would ask
con? re us for a 1200.000 appropriation
early nert month to ' supplement a
125.000 fund which will be available
only until January S.
Chadwtck, from tha committee's
witness stand, aald Legionnaires felt
"no hurdle" should be placed In
the committee's way.
"It Is concerning Itself." Chadwlck
nald, "with a diseased condition In
Bergdoll'sWife
Will Urge Him To
Face U. 5. Sentence
NEW YORK. Dec. 7 P) Mrs.
Orover Cleveland Bergdoll, eager
to end the exile that has made
her a woman without a country,
was on her way to Germany today
to urge her husband to return and
serve his five-year sentence as a
World war draft-dodger.
With her on the liner Hamburg
are four of her five children, all
traveling on a German passport
which carries a curt notation that
"tho owner or this passport Is not
a citizen of Germany."
Mrs. Bergdoll Is German-born.
Elghteeen years ago her husband,
an American cltlcen, escaped from
military guards and fled to Germany.
YOUTHS CONFESS
RIFLING CARS ON
WHOLESALE SCALE
With the arrest today of a 18-year-old
Junior high school boy, city po
lice cleared up a baffling series of
automobile prowllngs which num
bered at least nine victims since No
vember 10. The youth, who assert-
edly confessed to police he stole arti
cles from parked cars because he
"didn't have anything else to do at
night," was to be arraigned In Juve
nile court this afternoon, charged
with larceny from automobiles.
Another local boy, 15 years old,
was also arrested In connection with
the thefts, and allegedly admitted
that he had been with the 18-year-
old youth on one occasion when a
oar was rifled. He was also to appear
In Juvenile court this afternoon to
answer the same charge.
An amaslng assortment of loot
waa recovered by police in the bed
room of the 16-year-old boy. It con
sisted of flashlights, blankets, galf
balls, purses, tobacco, brief cases, a
rifle, a medicine kit, books and a
conglomeration of miscellaneous ar
ticles. A list of car owners, who were vic
tims of the youthful -thief was an
nounced by police as Including O, O.
Gaul of 10 Quince street, Ora Fulta
of 242 1 Beatty street, Mrs. Mary
Roberts of 1004 West Fourth street,
W. B. Terrell of Klamath Falls, Er
vln Larone of 724 North Riverside
avenue, Mrs. Bernlce Goodrich of
Montague, Cal., Capt. H. J, Mclrlng
of 211 Genessee street, Bernard Rob
erts of 022 Reddy street and O. M.
Murphy of 637 South Central avenue.
Ownership of many of tho articles
has not yet been established by po
lice, hut they stated practically all
the stolen property had been recov
ered. REFUSE TO PAY
Five Medford men today have only
the satisfaction or knowing they did
some remarkable prognosticating No
vember 28 when they correctly called
the outcome of 13 football games.
Their 5000, the "payoff" price they
were hoping for from the Portland
operators of tha gridiron pool, will
positively not be forthcoming. It was
learned upon the arrival home thla
morning of Frank Relnhart, one of
the quintet, and who hsd been In the
northern city since Monday morning
attempting to obtain payment.
Relnhart stated the operators of
the pool refused payment on aevoral
technicalities, one of which waa that
the bl& long-shot local wager was not
telegraphed to Portland before the
games were played. The local agent
for the pool had dispatched amaller
tickets and shorter shota to Portland
on the Saturday morning stage all
season, a method which, previous to
November 36, hsd been OK with
the Portland pool operators.
Tha local group picked 13 games
correctly on two tickets, each of
which was supposed to pay off at
odda of 100 to 1.
Martin Votes Pledged
WASHINGTON, Deo, 1-iP Sup
porters of Rep. Martin (R-Mass.) de
clared today they had enough pledges
of votes to elect him House Republi
can leader on the first ballot.
our Internal affairs which, If suf
fered to go unchecked, may cause
ur national destruction from with
in Just as completely as external
danger might do from without.
"With the November elections out
of the way, the work of your com
mittee should continue, free from
the implications of partisan color
which, unfortunately, waa asserted
during the fall campaigns."
As for the legion Itself, Chad
wlck said It waa trying to acquaint
the country with the "boring from
within" tactics used by advocates of
un-American "isms. Hs referred to
a legion publication which suggested
education as the best weapon against
communism "end its kindred disease
$5000 GRID POOL
STREET PROJECT
GETS UNDER WAY;
SUB CONTRACT LET
Local Firm Is Given Prelim
inary Job in Rebuilding
Program CCC Continues
Work in Prescott Park
Contractor representatives are bow
here to carry out work preliminary
to the reconstruction of Medford's
paved streets. Superintendent Fred
W. Scheffel reported to the ' city
council at its regular semi-monthly
meeting last night.
Representatives of the Joint con-
tractor, the Newport Construction
company and Kern & Klbbe, both
of Portland, arrived here November 28
and began the assembling of equip
ment for the clty-PWA reconstruct
tion program, Mr. Scheffel stated In
his report.
Mr. Scheffel announced today that
the contracting firms had awarded
to the Medford Concrete Construe
tlon company a sub-contract for
curb's, gutters and manholes and thai
crushing of 20.000 cubla yards of
gravel, this work to begin Immedi
ately. Main construction work Is tv
start as soon as the weather becomes,
stabilised. Mr. Scheffel Indicated. ,
Park Work Contlnnes
In November 141 planes used Med
ford municipal airport. It was shown,
by a report submitted by Thomas
A. Culbertson, Jr., airport superin
tendent. The planes were classified
as follows: 22 U. S. army, two na
tional guard, 12 private and 105
United Air Lines. Unfavorable weath-.
er on the west coast hampered air
travel through here, Mr. Culbertson,
said.
Mr. Scheffel's November work re
port showed that an average of 110
men worked on the WPA airport
project. OCC enrollees continued Inn
provement of Prescott park, the re
port said. '
Mr, Scheffel also reported on th
work done by his department In
making and placing Christmas deco
rations In the city. Greens for the
decorations were provided by th ,
U. 8. forest service, his report showed.
, -.... Sidewalks Repaired t . , .; 7
Another report submitted by Mr.
Scheffel showed that since tha- pre
vious council meeting on Novem
ber 10, 17 defective sidewalks had
been repaired by property owners.
Since the repair work was ordered
last February, 830 property owners
have been notified to repair defective
walks, 837 walks have been repaired
and 103 remain to be done, the report
stated.
After study, the streets and roads
and the land appraisal committees
approved a petition asking for tha
closing of the alley In block 0 of
Highland Park addition and the
opening of Benson street from tho
present north end of the street to
Tenth street. The petition was then
referred to the planning commission
for final action. It contained th
name of 10 Benson street residents
SCHOOL BOY HIT :
BY FARM TRUCK
ORA NTS PASS. Deo. 7. fP) Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Whorley. parents of a
seven-year-old Jerome Prairie school
boy struck by a truck as he crossed,
a road thla morning, refused to per
mlt him to be taken to hospital
this afternoon.
County Health Officer Dr. S. B.
Osgood said the boy, also named Bert,
may be suffering serious Injuries. He
was unconscious for several hours.
Osgood said the parents baaed their
objection on rellgloua grounds.
State polios said the driver of thr
truck was Everett Dye, a Jerome
Prairie .farmer. The parents told of
fleers that they understood Ban had
been waiting with other children for
a Orante Pass school bus to take
them to the Jerome Prairie school.
-
Mdfnrrf and branta Pass Rotary
club golfers dug up a lot of dlvota
on the Rogue Valley course yeeterday
afternoon, and ended all even la
their team match, II to 11.
Seven Rotartan golfers maaatne)
trin fmm firmnta PaM and borrowed
one Medford man to complete their
team of eight. The team match was)
postponed from a week ago Tuesday,
and the local Rotary club eight will
travel to Orante Pass next Wednes
day to play, after attending tha
Rotary luncheon.
28,513 Auto Tag$
Mailed To Owner
SALBM. Dee. ft (AP) A total of
MMi automobile license plate have
been Issued, 838 mora than oa ttw
same data last year.
Tha first plates will be mailed De
cember 13, and they may be placed.
on oaf l December la.
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