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rEDFORD MAIL TRTBtTXE, M"EDFORD. OREOON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER fl, 1033. PAGE FIVE IN WEIRD TANGLE, DIRECTORffiVEALS McKesson and Robbinsjnc, Under Investigation by Attorney General After Federal Receivership In Missouri. Her husband, Frank R. Roberta, died here In 1925. Mn. Roberts eJwaya took a sym pathetic Interest In young people and liked to have them visit her at her home. She was a member of the Presbyterian church and ol Med ford chapter AA of P.E.O. She Is survived by a daughter. Mrs. William 8. Morgan of Portland and two brothers. C. K. and Hugh Lea.-h. both of Galesburg. 111. Funeral . services will be held In the Perl chapel at 11 a. m. Saturday. Dr. Sherman L. Divine, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will officiate. Entombment will take place In the Medford Memorial mausoleum. 4- NEW YORK. Deo. 9. (AP) Atty. Gen. John J. Bennett, Jr., today started an Investigation of McKesson and Robbing, Inc., $87,000,000 drug concern whose financial affairs were described by a director as "bo darned fantastic we sttU can't believe them." Bennett sent Max Furman and Joseph F. Ruggiert, assistant attor neys general . to confer with stock exchange officials and to make in- ; qulrles among stock exchange firms to determine what action his office will take. The drug concern went Into fed eral receivership yesterday. Federal Judge Alfred C. Coxe. act ing on the company's own petition, appointed the trustees, with the se curities and exchange commission as a party, to direct reorganization of the company under the new federal Chandler act. Directors Testify At the same time, the New York stock exchange committee on stock list released a transcript of testi mony by two the firm's directors. W. L. Cummlngs and J. 1. Thomp son, concerning the .tangled affairs of the company. In detail, they told of the oper ations of the company's crude drugs department In which falsification of books, mismanagement and waste were charged In an equity receiver ship action brought In district court at Hartford. Conn., last Tuesday and superseded by the federal court ap pointment yesterday. Describing operations of trfe crude drug department, Cummlngs told the exchange committee, "it may be the whole thing is Just a hollow balloon, Just a shell. There may be nothing there. That Is the worst of the picture. However, we have Mr. Dietrich's statement (George E. Diet rich, assistant treasurer) that the loss Is tn excess of $10,000,000. Facts Fantastic "The facts ... are so darned fan tastic that we still can't believe them." He said there was "no Involve ment of any other part of the busi ness." Cummlngs said the crude drug de partment was "under the exclusive control" of the president of the company, F. Donald Coster. Assets of the department were carried In the balance sheet at $17,000,000. An investigation of the department began. Cummlngs testified, when Thompson discovered reported Inven tories of the department were not covered by Insurance. The Inquiry revealed, Cummlngs and Thompson said,' that: "Warehouses" which handled busi ness of the department, and report ed monthly on Incoming and outgo ing Inventories, "were Just plain mailing addresses." Annual reports on an associate trading firm, WA W. Smith and com pany, an English partnership with offices In Montreal, "were forgeries.' On the "warehouses," Thompson testified," Thompson testified that "mall has gone to them and been forwarded somewhere else. They are all on the most elaborate engraved letterheads, all these Individual corn- pan Is which are reported to have the merchandise; one of them Is the office of a public stenographer; one Is the office of a mimeograph oper ator, and things like that." EYE PROBLEMS IN (continued from page one) mined "peace shall be maintained on the American continents." that any menace against peace was a "matter of concern to all" and the conference would seek to Increase the effective ness of "measures adopted already to that end." New Doctrine Seen This brought from members of the United States delegation a prediction no such projects such as a new defi nition of the Monroe Doctrine would be advanced. They felt also President Roosevelt's continental defense plan would not go beyond a resolution declaring the need for such defense and the Inten tion of the 31 republics to defend themselves from outside aggression. Argentina sources said Dr. Isldoro Ruiz Moreno, chairman of the delega- tlon, In a conference with Secretary Hull last night agreed to some sort of compromise on the United States- Inspired defense plan. The Argentine group was to study the proposal fur ther today. Dr. Ruiz Moreno presented to Hull proposal for rotative periodical meetings of foreign ministers of American nations as a means of avoiding a Colombian - Dominican plan for a league of the American nations. An Argentine Informant said Hull showed great Interest In the rotation Idea. United States officials emphasized no negotiations were contemplated for conclusion of bl-lateral defense treaties with Central American coun-tries. Y KETTLES APPEAR Salvation Army Christmas kettles will make their aecond appearnnce of the year on Medford streets tomor row. Beginning tomorrow they will ne out every day until Christmas. They made their Initial appearance test Saturday. Capt. Reginald H. Vincent, in charge of the Salvation Army here, asked the public to be generous In dropping cash contributions into the kettles. The extent of the Army's Christmas charities depends largely upon the kettle donations, he em phasized. 4 Went her Northern California: Cloudy and cool with light rain tonight and Sat urday; local fogs; moderate change able wind off coast. REVEALING LETTER IS READ TO JURY IN BASSETT CASE Intercepted Missive From Mrs. Smith Tells of Fear That Mayer Might Be Trapped by Lie Detector SEATTLE, Dec. 9, (AP) An Inter cepted letter, In which Mrs. Mary Eleanor Smith wrote she "went through hell" In fear disclosures would be made by Decaatto Earl Mayer when he was being subjected to a "He detector" test here In 1928, was read to the Jury today in their first degree murder trial for the slaying of James Eugene Bassett. The letter, read by Prosecutor B. Gray Warner, was one of several state prison officials said they Intercepted at the prison last spring before her release after seirlng a grand larceny sentence for having Bassett 's belong ings In her possession. Mayer was given a life sentence as an habitual criminal. It began with a statement Mrs. Smith was "discouraged" after seeing two men who were to be hanged and went on: Feared Confession "They looked Just like Earl did Oregon: Cloudy tonight and Satur day with rain in northwest portion Saturday; slightly colder In Interior of southwest and northeast portions tonight; moderate northerly wind off coast. NELLIE ROBERTS OF 216 SOUTH ORANGE IS CALLED BY DEATH Mrs. Nellie Davis Roberts, resident of Medford for the past 24 years, died yesterday afternoon in her home at 318 South Orange street after an Illness of several weeks. She was. S9 years old. Mrs. Roberts was born In Mem phis. Mo., on July 19. 1879. She was educated and spent her early life Crash Kills Three NANCY, Prance, Dec. 9. (AP) A French army bombing plane crashed tn flames near the Nancy air base today, killing Its five occupants. The cause was not determined. f Wars on Diseases 4 TOLEDO, O. (UP) A civic health committee Is to be formed here to work with city health officials In an attempt to reduce mortality rates from tuberculosis, diphtheria and childbirth. Town Revives Curfew CAMERON, Mo.. (UP) City offic ials have revived the curfew law hern again. A bell at 9 p. m. each night warns children under 16 to get ofi the streets unless they are aocora panled by their parents. ped" SOLVENT REFINED J I VUH6 f i EtvtV tr when they put the 11 detector on him," Warner read. "I went through hell thinking he'd confess or they'd find the body." John M. Schermer, chief criminal deputy prosecutor, testified Mrs. Smith wept as she reenactfd the slaying for investigators here after her confession. "She wouldn't tell us at first, and she began to cry," he said, explain ing he posed as Bassett for the re-enactment. He said Mrs. Smith, when Inter viewed by himself and others In the prison, was warned her confes sions might lead to conviction and hanging for herself and Mayer. But she Insisted, he testified, she was confessing "to make her peace with her maker." Schermer said Mayer, confronted by his mother and her statements, did not specifically deny the con fession bit said, "I've got nothing to say about this. Why should I talk about it?" Bassett, of Annapolis. Md-, on his way to Manila and visiting relatives at Bremerton, disappeared here In 1928 after meeting mayer In an ef fort to sell his car. The state con tends the two killed him and dis membered his body near here. The body was never found. Case Drags Prosecutor Warner's hopes of con cluding the state's case by night fall were dimmed when much time was taken up with deleting certain portions of Mrs. Smith's letter re ferring to other crimes. As another development today. De fense Counsel Milton Helman brought out from P. E. Mahoney, clerk for Warden J. M. McCauley at the peni tentiary in cross-examination, that Mayer later repudiated his signed statement there last spring he would plead guilty to the Bassett murder. Mayer later "denied" the statement was true, Mahoney said. In the letter Warner read, Mrs. Smith wrot about "how bravs I was." "X was all alone In the house with the body (Mayer Vt gone to the city to send a telegram he had forced Bassett to write)," the letter said. "I never once stepped Into the room to pay respects to the body." The signed statement made by Mayer last May 7 was one of a series of confessions before the Jury. ELECT OFFICERS FOR MOVIE CLUB W. Bernard Roberts was elected president. Mark Taylor vice-president and W. E. Thomas secretary treasurer of the Southern Oregon Movie club at its annual dinner meeting In the Hotel Holland last night. Arthur Lalng was appointed chair man of the piogram committee. The new officers will serve for the cal endar year 1939. The program presented last night Included a pre-vtew of the Jackson county scenic motion picture to be made part of the county's exhibit at the San Francisco international ex position. The film, done In color, was msde by H. D. Kem. It was announced that the pro gram committee would prepare a series of interesting programs for fu ture meetings, Closing time for Too bate to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. T YULE CONCERT IS PLANNED DEC. 18 The chorus choir of the First Methodist Episcopal church, under direction of Mrs. Elsie Carlton Strang Is preparing to give its Christmas concert In the auditorium of the church on the evening of December IB. The full chorus, assisted by a number of guest singers, totaling be tween SO and 40 voices, invite the general public to attend the con cert. No admission is charge. Various departments of the Sun day school, as well as many of the classes, are giving Christmas tree : parties previous to Christmas. An interesting Christmas tree progiam will be presented by the Sunday school the evening of the 23rd. Sev eral novel features will be Included as in years past a "White Christmas" will be observed. Gifts for needy families will be received and a com nfftte will distribute them on the 24th. Every one Is Invited to attend. The pastor. Rev. Joseph Knotts, will deliver the Christmas sermon Christmas morning, and the choir will present several Christmas num bers. According to the custom of the church on Christmas Sunday a "Hallelujah March" will be observed, when the congregation, led by the pastor and other ministers piesent followed by the choir, will lead the congregation tn a march down the center aisle to the altar where Christmas gifts of money will be plsced In a miniature manger as a special filft to the local church. This takes the place of the regular offer ing and In a unique change from routine and Is always much enjoyed. . 4 New Technique CHESTER, Pa., Dec. 9 A weekly r.twspaper editor grew weary with talk about unemployment, so he decided to try a new technique. He headlined "17.876 Men At Work" In the 1U largest Industries In the Ches ter area. COUGIISJICKU Huskiness Due to Colds I MEDICATED BATH I GIVES QUICK RELIEF Tormented with throat huskiness, dryness, coughs due to colds? Let Vlcks Cough Drop dissolve naturally In your mouth. It bathes tender throat tissues with soothing medi cation for 12 to 15 minutes, and com f ortlng relief comes fast. Because Vlcks are really medicated . . . tnedU cattd with the throat-soothing In gredients of Vlcks VapoRub . . . fa mous for relieving discomforts due toCOldS- MBOICATSO VICKS COUGH DROPS Dr. Gordon, Ps.D. Psychologist Numerologist Will help oll. Arivlre on all nfralrti daily. Merrick's Motor Inn. Phone 10(10. 4 4 'ie- Complete lines of New Christmas Items in Our New Location. Come in often during the next two weeks, as we have shipments arriving daily. ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW AT WESTERN THRIFT. ATOMIZERS h Per'---ie Bottles !! These little novelty items will add to any gift package. Assorted colors . 10c STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA BOXED STATIONERY These attractive boxes of quality paper make a useful gift. 49c 39 POPEYE OR WIMPY These famous charac ters made of rubber will please any kiddie. 25c As Always Our Store Is Pound Tobacco Headquarters Geo. Washington 49c Big Ben... 6fo Model 73c Velvet 73c Prince Albert 73c Half and Half ..73c Sir Walter Raleigh 73c Union Leader (J3C Dills Best 83c Edgeworth -97c Bond Street, V2 pound . . . 5f)c Briggs, V2 pound 59c ELECTRIC TREE LIGHTS Approved cords com. plete with eight bulbs , 29c Extra Bulbs, 4 for 5 5. J? ... CHIP RACKS PIPE RACKS Either of these make an ideal man's gift. Your choice of oak or walnut finish 98c ALSO A complete line of popular cigars and cigarettes in gay Christmas wrappings. Medford 's largest stock of Yello-Bole and Medico Pipes. See us for Smokers' Accessories. CHRISTMAS CARDS An assortment of 21 different cards with envelopes 25c 10 CARDS 10c I Don't Miss These Saturday Specials!! Cod Liver Oil Capsules Rich in Vitamins A and D. Box of 100 Capsules. 57c 10c Bags Assorted Candy Here are 60 dozen more of the kinds you liked last week 5c STUFFED TOYS 08c to $1.19 Values in a large assortment. Close out. 59c 4 DISCOUNT ON ALL LAMPS To make room for our large new stocks of Christmas merchandise. Every customer pur chasing any of our Table or Radio Lamps, will receive a Cash Discount of !0 from our Regular Price. MINERAL OIL Extra Heavy Russian Oil. Pint 23t Quart 43c 1 ELECTRIC HOT PADS A Wonderful Value at $1.98. You Shouldn't Miss This at $177 ZINC OXIDE OINTMENT Stock Up Now in Advance of the Spray Season. Pound 47c I Men's HANDKERCHIEFS 3 White Cambric, 10c Values ... 4A in Individual Boxes PORlUC A-B-D-G CAPSULES Keep Fit and Avoid Colds Box of 25 Capsules 49c I PHONE 274 30 NORTH CENTRAL PHONE 274 I WESTERN' THRIFT I RIVEKSIO MARKET HOME OF BATTLE CREEK HEALTH FOODS Open Evenings and Sundays 313-315 N. Riverside Phone 358 Here nt tha ttlYcrnlrir, Uhcrn Yon Always I'ay Lena ami Park Kusler, you will find a complete assortment of Holiday Good lea at Low Prices. We have Just rprervc,. a large shipment of Loose-W ile Fancy Christ inas Candies. We also have a fresh stork of Nuts and Dates as well as Fancy Apples and Oranges. Milk, Oregon 4 for 25c, 17 for SI Cereal Flakes 10 lb. bag 33c Sperry's Combination Wheat and Oat Flakes ni K ri K biiuuuiaie Baker 's Farmington That good eating kind Full pound 1 C cake I wC Flour sst King, ( Golden He 49 lb. bag S1 Harvest King, Castle or Golden Heart Shortening Pearl 4 lb. pkg. 37c Pearls of Wheat Ig. pkg. 1 9c Peas Lindy brand 3 cans 23 Case 81.75 Kraut Oregon packed Large. ftr Mo. 2'A oan IUC Corn Del Monte 3 cans 29c Fancy Cream Style. No. S can Tuna Fish 7oz. can 15c Whit, star CATSUP, lg, 14 ounce bottle 3 for 25 IVORY SOAP... medium bar 5? Oct your PUT MII.K COOK BOOK Hrrt ftaturdajr. See the adrertlM' ment In Mnll Tribune today. At Money Saving Prices! ROAST lb. 12ic CHOPS lb. 17lc BREAST lb. 10c VEAL LOAF lb. 19c Makes the flnnt Tal loaf of alt. Pure Pork Sausage Seasoned just right. No cereal or water added. Lb. 17c Saturday Only Hamburger Pure ground beef. No cereal, water or trim mings, just fresh beef ground fresh. 2 lb. 25c Pork Roast shoulder lb. 14ic Ham Swift's PrenU or whole lb. 29c Pork Liver fresh 2 lb. 25c POTATOES 50 lb. 33c Klamath V. S. No. 3 SWEET POTATOES, U. S. No. 1 ....8 lbs. 25t SQUASH, extra fancy Hubbard lb. lt ORANGES See us for special bos prices.
