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pAOfi EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRTBT7XE, fEDFORT), OREOOX. SUNDAY. DErFPBER 18. 1938. MEDFORDvHWTRIfiUNE "EverjOD la Soothers Onmi HMdi the IUI) Tribaa. Dally Sicpt Saturday. Publish, by MED FORD PRINT. NO CO. II-1T1 No. Fir St. Phono T BUBbRT W, nUHU Editor. RNEHT a OIL8TRAP. IUnagr. An lnapnJnt Nowspapor. attract as cond-ela matter at !! Cord. Oregon, under Act of Uareb t, U?. 8IJBSCK1PTION RATES By MallIn Adraocai Dally and Sunday- on year 11.00 Dally and Sunday all months.., 1.60 Dally and Sunday tbree ruootna, 1.00 Daily and Sunday one month Tl By Carrier In Advaoce Medford. Aah land. Central Point. Jacksonville, Oold BtIL Roi-ue River. Phoenix. Talent, and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday on year 11.00 Dally and Sunday one month.... f All terme oaeb lo advance. Official Paper off ttoe City of Medfurd Official Paper of Jackeoo County MKMBKR OF Till! ASSOCIATED PRESS Becelvlni Poll Leaked Wire Service. The Aeeociated Preae la eiolualvely en titled to the uie for publication of all ewe tilt pa tehee eredlted to It or other. wUe eredlted to thia paper, and aleo to the local oewe publlahed herein. All rlahte for publication of epecleJ dltpatehee herein are alao reserved. HEMBEK OV UNITED PRESS MEMBER UF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Kepresentatlvee WESTHOLLIDaY COMPANY CMC Offices In New York, Chteago. Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Seattle, Portland, BL Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver. Ye Smudge Pot Bt Arthur Perry WlnUr came last week. There wu nip In the air, and some of the peed Idlota had too man. ... Steve Nye, Jr., of the Talent dlat., tawned Prl. He haa an Infatuation for tralne, and often thlnka he ! a locomotive. .. The Dock Qltien boy, who la going to WSC, la home for the Yule festivi ties. The newa that Clark Oable, the he-movl. Idol wu going to get a divorce, cauaed membera of the fair ex to look twice In the mirror to see If their hat was on crooked. ... A ruah of Christmas mall caused 1fte postal clerks to be busier than von they will admit, the last of the ... Col. TouVelle got back from Texas. He forgot and spoke a good word for the Lone Star state, In front of the CofC. Quito' a few victims of Dsn Cupid ran over to Yreka last week to lay themselves liable to a shivaree. Love Isugha at locksmiths and the Slskl youa. ... Elmer Chlldera, the carpenter, Is thinking some of wintering In Arl aona. He has been driving nalla for nine months straight, and never hit his thumb once. ... Several cltlrena found themselves In new automobiles the past ten days. They'. looked mildly surprised, but u-rendered to the Inevitable, without seeing a lawyer, ... Hog killing has started In the rural reae. ... It took an Espee freight seven mlns to negotlsts the Main Stem crossing Frl. pm. causing a trafllo Jam as long as the cause. There was some horn honking but the engineer took his time. ... Dewey Hill, E. Olrlch, T. Carlton. W. Dlnkens. and T. Boothby emerged from the Prospect wilds m. and amw their quint squint baskets with St. Mary's. ... Quite a few are getting ready to cram to aunny Calif, around the first. ... The Elks tom-ct got Into an alter cation with a fancy bulldog Thurs. wearing a awester and pants on his front lexe. The assessor was pun ched for his hocxllumtam and got no supper. Furthermore, he was warned if he did It again he would have to wear pajamas on the street. The dude canine, heaide being a bulldog was an English bulldog. ... A move Is on foot to aUrt the new year rlitht, and gel the Christmas greenery off the ,mp pou before St Patrick's Day. ... The boys snd girls have stsrted coming home from the campi. and will ahow what they have picked up In the way of knowledge, and the new dance steps. One Juvenile think er Is expected to ahow up aufferlng from a notion a dictatorship haa an edge on democracy, ... Guy Tex of C. Pt. won a battle With a cold last week, but wss out Frl. night without a hat. . . . ' 1B3 calendars started showing up last week, but will not approach Uie vslsnches and landslides of the means old daya. when moonshine and Approie Ham I'l.ni BONNEVILLE. Dec. 17uv-a,. ernm-nt engineers eipreated pleasure today alter watching a test ot n-w hydraulic laboratory model of the projected Mud mountain dam near Hiirmrr, Wash. ; Urprt Authorised MliW(ULA. Mont . Dec. 17. .pi A permit from the civil aeronautic , authority In Washington. D. C. for1 work on the new airport was re- j oelved ty the county commissioners todsv. i The harea have no eyelids. III Last Rail Spike CIFTT-OXE years ago this morning one train steamed iouth through Oregon and another steamed up through northern California, to meet at Ashland for the driving of the last spike in the Oregon & California railroad, now the Southern Pacific. The Oregon special, carrying half the leading citizens of Portland, Salem and way points, reached Ashland at 10 A. M., but the California train was delayed. It started from San Francisco and was held up for celebrations at Sacramento, Marysville and smaller places. Everywhere along the route there were bonfires and orating citizens. Then a work train got off the track and that made more trouble. At Ashland the Oregon folk waited impatiently. Almost the whole Bogue river valley was there, besides the visiting notables. The notables had their speeches ready and were eager to mount the platform, built high above the meeting place. It was not until 4:25 of this short December day that the headlight of a pilot engine was seen approaching from the southward. By that time the crowd was half frozen, so that firewood had to be gathered for a bonfire. By the time the two sections of the California special had drawn up at the junction and the California people had gathered, darkness had fallen. It became pitch, dark except for the bonfire off to the rear of the crowd, and two speakers mounted the platform as their turns came, and then climbed onto a table held by several men to prevent its toppling over. One lantern was held up over the speaker so he could read his manuscript. The other reporters, scribbling their notes. above the crowd, which stood in could see was the face of the speaker. Despite the conditions, the and brilliance -William Mills, Horace Davis, Charles Crocker, Frank Pixley and John P. Irish for California; Governor I'en- noyer, M. C. George and Donald When the ceremonies were dent of them, someone took advantage of the last glimmer of light to drive the last spike and that made history. .California and Oregon had been settled, and admitted to the union as states, at a time when there were no other states all the way to the Mississippi valley. And yet in spite of their isolation from the rest of the union, they also were isolated from one another. They had the sea route of communication, and they developed a rude road that could be followed by stages. But until the com pletion of the railroad on December 17, 1887, trade up and down the Pacific const remained . The building of the road started at Portland in the spring of 1868. In fact, two roads were started, one on the east side, one on the west. Hen llollnilay took over the east side project, and defeated his rivals. Then stopped until Henry Villard cume along in the early eighties. Then Villard also failed, and it was not until the later eighties that the connection with California was finally completed. The Oregoniiin. Man, About Manhattan By GEOKC1K TUCKER NEW- YORK Oozing Into an In verted filler-bowl, for want of a crystal, this proftnostlcatliig awaml announces these changes, happenings and events for nineteen thirty nine: There will be fewer novels oy doctors and more novels by novel IntA. . . . Sonji Henle will be the loveliest snow flake America sees all winter. , . . Ship newa re porters will con ttmie to Inquire fcfcORGE lUCttt of Important vis itors from Eu rope: "What do you think of Amer ican women?" ... A new dancing team will forget to bill Itself as "Society's Favor! tea." . . . A native Irishman who teaches school In Scotland will be the author or ine prize play of the year and Its title will be "The White Steed." . . . The Kentucky Derby will be rim In a quagmire. . . . Fewer floods, forest fires and dry spoil wilt harass American farmers than In recent seasons. . . . Business over)-where will be good. There will be m first nights on Broadway and A3 of them will be very dismal Indeed. ... Joe Louis will remain heavyweight champion and the Giants will cop the National League pennant. . . . FVrde Orofe will complete his Jewel Suite In which diamonds, pearls, rubles, etc. exprej various modes of life. . . . Sentimen tal ballads of the 1800 variety will supplant the streamlined ditties along Tin Pan alley, . . . Cab Cal loway will compll another anthology of Jitterbug lingo. Ice skating will enjoy IU greatest voiiue. . . . nuAtueaa men will wear more derbies than ever. . . . Oroer Whalen will lop off his famous mus tache. , . , Billy Roe will steal the midway thunder at the fair. . . . More American tourists will trek to Hawaii, the West Indies and Alaska than ever before and fewer to pxirope. . . . Somebody will dlscovrr that spinach Is realty harmful to children after all. . . . The prlre novel of the year will be written by an ex-concert pianist, and It will concern a murder In West Virginia, The oft-predicted ttdal-wave will Inot sweep Manhattan Into the sea during 10:19. ... We will have plent) of opportunity to see whether the I Monroe Doctrine really works. . . . By September the big political cat fight for 1940 will be well underlay. . The newest vtvue in flngern.ttla arrspn rrcoro matiSirv win eniov a tremendous boom. . . . The Home- Bfrlln x,, u Hlng to snap like a lft,e 11 Undbergha will return to Corrisan won t take off ""announced (r Ireland, and the lyroirnn ni 'vni insc it r:tn(:;il y.mrr ;i ..r -m.wi-.w.nn i n m nun. ! . Mah Jong will enjoy a tttmen- ' -inlthnr.lm KM L lanterns on the platform. The lantern served the newspaper The speakers were twenty feet utter blackness. All the crowd orators held forth with iervor Macleay for Oregon. under way, and quite indepen difficult. he went broke, so construction dous return to popularity, and the set won't be ao expensive (that's the only thing that killed It before the seta cost so much) . . . Radio entertainment will show a continued trend toward Intellectual games. , , , "Tobacco Rood" will go Into Its seventh year on Broadway, thereby creating an all-ttme long distance record. . . . Southern Cali fornia will finally score on Duke In the Rose Bowl, but the final score will be: Duke 10, U. S. C. 7. Remember, this Isn't my Idea. . . . I'm only telling you what the bowl tella me. NATIOTDEFTNSE BUILDING URGED 10 CREATE JOBS WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (AP) Hovcral hundred thousand Jobs may develop from administration efforts to strengthen national defenses, in formed military official estimated today, although President Roosevelt says business "pump priming" Is not the purpose of the program. Increased orders for warplanes. guna and army munitions, and an increase in the pace of warship con struction, promts to give some of the same stimulus to American in dustry that has been provided by rearmament In Europe. The principal direct beneficiaries. by alt Indications, will be the steel and other Industries closely con cerned with ship-butldtng and the aircraft and allied plants. Here are some preliminary effect. together with estimates from official and semi-official sources as to re Milt of the program later: 1 A $150,000,000 increase In the navy's funds for shipbuilding which Mr. Rootevelt has forecast will mean new work for a year for 81.000 persons, on the basis of a labor department estimate. a Administration plan for suf ficient warplane orders to assure to epeed operation of aircraft factories involve an early expansion of em playment in this industry of from 000 to 50.000 or more. a This year' war department ap propriations already have bmuRht a five-fold Increase in army ord nance orders to steel and other manufacturing plants. Furthermore, the chief executive la expected by some advisors to ak congress to acceleiate still more the production of antl-altvraft guns, semi-automatic rifles and other weapons, !n addi tion to ordera to factories, the army la contributing to employment by the construction of new barracks, hangar and other building. First steps have been taken towaid training an eventual 100.000 civilian pllota and 135000 aviation mechanics as a defense backlog. Two naval establishment Idle for nearlv iwo decades hsve been ordered re openrd for the purpose. -The fact that the national youth administration will direct the training at the Charleston, W. Va., naval ordnance plant and the New Orleans navy yatd. and numerous proposals that the civilian conserva tion corps be "mlU'arlred siuceM t lenst r.-nif relief funds may go to defense puipoaea." Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining to personal health anil hygiene, not to disease , dlagnofU or treatment! will be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self addressed envelope It enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered No reply can be made to queries not Conforming to Instructions. Addres Dr. William Brady. 265 El Camlno, Beverly Hills Calif. NATURAL BREATHING This little tc&son In physiology It of practical value to people who consider themselvea well, and It should Interest also people who are subject to valvular heart .trouble, or myo carditis, or an gina pectoris, or high blood pres sur, or low blood pressure, or morbid Intro spection about the state of the blood pressure, or cardiovascular degeneration, or arteriosclerosis, or insomnia, or poor circulation, or un accountable languor, quick fatlg abllltv or other manifestation of anoxia which people ao readily as usriH tr "neurasthenia," whatever that may be. Some readers don't like my long sentenoes; others hope I'll get a long one some day. My apology for such a sentence Is that I want to teach all I can in the limited space avail able; and moreover. Judging from the letters I receive from readers, I be lieve most readers will have no ser ious difficulty In reading and com prehending sentences like that. In "How To Breathe" (send twenty cents coin and stamped self-addressed envelope for ' copy) I wonder whether deficiency In the supply of and absorption and utilization of oxygen Is not a prime factor In most cases of so-called "weak nerves." I wonder, too, whether lack of vita min, B In the average American diet Is not the explanation for this an oxia In many -cases where neither carbon monoxide nor altitude can be concerned. Whatever ails you. the chances are you don't know how to breathe nat urally nor how good It la for you to practice breathing that way un less you have already studied the booklet lust mentioned or my mon ograph "Belly Breathing,'' which you may have for the asking If you fur nish a three-cent stamped envelope bearing your address. I believe we get a better gauge of an Individual' life expectantcy and vital fitness by measuring his vital capacity or by determining the elasticity and functional resilency of his belly than we can get by meas uring his chest expansion or his blood pressure. To prevent confusion we had Bet ter explain that the belly Is the front wall of the abdomen, the ab domen Is the lower body cavity: the thorax Is the upper bedy cavity and the chest Is the front wall of the thorax. The two great body cavities are separated by the diaphragm, a broad thin muscle-membrane attach ed to the lower ribs, spine and tip I of breast bone, In the form of an Inverted saucer or a tarpaulin. When 1 the diaphragm contracts It squeezes L, 16 MILES, Texas. Dec. 17. (AP) A murder charge waa filed tonight against Frank Salazar, 24-year-old Mexican laborer, in the slaying of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kennedy, middle-aged farm couple. Sheriff E. E. Lowe said the slayer shot the Kennedys as they slept, critically wounded two of their dau ghters with an axe and apparently kidnaped another daughter, Wilms. 16. The officers said the parent had objected to Salazar's friendship with Wilms. Officers in the southwest concen trated their efforts on finding the Mexican, and Sheriff Lowe said flat ly "I don't believe we'll find the girl alive." Salazar worked for Kennedy until about two months ago, but had said often "111 get that girl." the sheriff reported. - The two youngest Kennedy chll-' dren. Fay, 4. snd Imogene, 13, were in a San Angelo hospital, their condi tions grave. They had lain In agony from the time of the killing Thurs day night until they were found to day by an uncle. Salarar was charged specifically with killing the fatner. The Kennedy automobile was miss ing from the garage. Two slippers, believed to belong to Wllma. were found between the house and the garage. Lowe said he believed Salazar would seek refuge In south Texas, where many Mexicans reside. "However, we're asking all Texas officers and authorities of other states to be on the lookout." he said. The Mexican bought cartridges for a .410 Range shotgun, the ame type gun which was used In the slaying. Thursday, Lowe ald. VANCOUVER POLICE HORSE TO RETIRE VANCOVVF.R. B C. Pec. lit (CP, Old BUI, 31-year-old gelding who bus spent a decade as No. 1 horse of he Vancouver police mounted division, la going to retire. He' not decrepit but hi feet hjrt from years of pavement poundti-g and nothing his policeman psls cn do MSms to he1.;.. Clrvy pack, t : s-r hoe even a stretch in a Lanfjiey Brady, M P. IMPROVES CIRCULATION downward, enlarging the thoracic space and lowering the pressure within the thorax, by reason of which air enters the lungs. At the same time the contraction .of the dia phragm decreases the space In the abdomen and Increases the pressure within the abdomen. In consequence of which considerable blood, collect ing constantly In the great veins, Is driven along to the heart to be pumped Into the lungs for oxygen ation. So you see. If you think belly Is not quite proper to have or to use. or if you have been led to assume that one should breathe with one's chest, you can hardly expect to have an efficient circulation or to have as steady nerves as you would like to have. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Monthly Storm For several hours each month. I suffer from cramps and vomiting, although the cramps are not so bad as they were when mens tra nation began. You helped a friend who suf fered as I do. (R. E. P.) Answer Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monograph on Menstruation. Enclose ten cents coin If you would like copy of booklet "How To Breatha" which contains Instructions for a breathing exercise to correct such difficulties as yours. Sour Stomach You said one subject to sour stom ach, waterbraan, heartburn, hyper acidity, acid dyspepsia or peptic ulcer should avoid vinegar, pickles, raw fruits especially apples, grapes and citrus fruits, soups and meat ex tractives such as consomme and boullllon, spices, condiments, exces sive salt, mustard, hot sauces, con centrated sweets such as sugar, can dy, honey, syrup, molasses, coarse foods such as bran, corn, nuts, salad vegetables, alcohol, cider, grape Juice, tobacco. Please explain what would be Included under the class of salad vegetables. (A. S.) Answer Cucumbers, lettuce, raw cabbage, romaine lettuce, chicory greens (escarole), celery, raw carrot, raw tomato, etc. Practical informs tlon In section Guide to Right Eat lng In booklet "Victuals and Vlte,' for copy of which send ten cents coin and stamped envelope bearing your address. Sanitation Would It be safe for a well person to use bed-clothes or clothing after washing and Ironing, If the clothes have been used by a person with tuberculosis? (R. S.) Answer Perfectly safo, Washing and ironing sterilizes clothing, makes it safe for anyone. Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. !.. 2(!5 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. Prairie, B. C, pasture have all been tried. His feet Jxist won't toughen up enough to let him resume hi beat. Chief Constable W. W. Foster and the rest of tho boy don't want to see him destroyed. Tho police com mission 1 going to send him back to Langley Prairie to spend the rest of his days, .... v- ROSS . GIVES OKAY FOR BONNEVILLE PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 17. -(AP) A committee's draft of a propev-pd public uitlllty revenue bond law was Indorsed today by the Bonneville Fcderntlon of Oregon for Introduction Into the legislature after January 9. The measure, with minor changes suggested, was sent back to the com mittee headed by J. W. McArthur. su perl n tend nt of EuRene'a municipal water and power system, for print ing and distribution. Other changes will be made later. Summarized, the law would: 1 Permit public utility district to issue revenue bonds for financing acquisition of power distribution sys tems. Bonds would be repaid solely from earnings of the system and would not constitute a general obli gation of the district or a Hen on anyone's property. An alternate pro vision would permit a district, by vo, to issue general obligation bonds to acquire a system. 3 Require appointment of an x perlenced manager as chief adminis trative officer, responsible to the board of directors but not to any one director. S Permit formation ot -county wide districts by a vote of the people after circulation of a single petition, and without a hearing before the State Hydro-Electric commission. Ihe present law requires circulation of to petitions and two hearinp. 4 Permit the district to donate to each county in which It was located tax equivalent up to five per cent of the annual gross district revenues, the funds to be divided among all governmental units, Including schools, In the same proportion as pre.ent taxes. Under the present law. P.U.D system are tax exempt. 5 Permit formation of districts less than county-wide in trope after a hearing by the Hvdro-Elertric com mission, which supervhw consolida tion of districts and annexation of nrw parcel in existing districts. DR A J LOITFKLER PhvMctan and Surgeon JOd Fluhrer Bid . Medford Offlct hours- to-1 2 3-5 Tel OtMce 606 1787 C Mail rrtbunt Want Ads 0.1 LARGE SCALE (continued from paqe one) Question Brothers But the authorities quickly recov ered their hopes with the arrest of Dletrlch-Muslca and two other brothers, Robert E. Dietrlch-Muslca. of the firm's shipping department In Fairfield, and George Vernard Arthur Muslca, of Brooklyn, Cana dian agent for the firm. They were held In Jail In default of (100,000 ball. George, the eldest, was taken from his cell In New Haven for questioning. He will be brought to New York Monday. Sheriff Edward J. Slavln, of New Haven, said George had been mar ried 17 year but It was only yes terday that his wife learned he was one of the Italian Immigrant broth ers who worked a million dollar bank swindle in Connecticut with the collapse of the United States Hair company a quarter of s century ago. That was a Job for which Philip, the "brains" of the family, took the "rap," melodramatically proclaiming the others Innocent. Lowly Start Perhaps even then, he already had a gleam of the brilliant criminal idea he followed through to Its ultimate tragic conclusion hiding his Iden tity under the masquerade of an American name, two Heidelberg un iversity degrees, respectable Ameri can parentage and good clothes. Even In that day he had come far from the cunning ot bribing customs Inspectors to mark down the weight of imported Italian cheese for his father's East Side business. His other brothers. Robert and Arthur, who are in Jail here, were questioned by Assistant U. S. Attor ney Irving R. Kaufman who also questioned Donald McKesson of the New York Quinine and Chemical Works, Inc., Brooklyn. McKesson was a member of the ortglnal McKesson and Bobbins firm which sold the assets, except real estate, to Coster in 1925. McKesson, In a formal statement, said he had had no connection with the company since that time. Four women members of the Mus lca family have been subpoenaed to appear before the federal grand Jury Tuesday. They are Coster-Mus lea's widow; Miss Marie Glrard (Grace Muslca) of Westbury, Long Island, a sister; Mrs. Robert Guez (Louise Muslca), wife of the gardener on the estate of Henry Morsenthau, Jr. secretary of the treasury, at Flshklll N. Y.; another sister, and Mrs Marie Otmrd (Marie Muslca) mother of Coster-Muslca, of Westbury. Over the week-end. accountants, experts In law and financial skull- dugcery. and the various Investigat ors In the U. S. attorney's office, the mec and Attorney General John J Bennett. Jr.'s office studied testi mony already at hand and hundreds of records. Bennett's hearinirs. ad Journed yesterdny afternoon in the middle of the astonishing develop ments, will be resumed Monday. Onng Link Hinted None of Coster-Muslca 's broth ers has asked to bo permitted to atteno his funeral which Is expected to be held Monday from his home in Fairfield. underworld connections of the quiet, respected corporation head who lived unobstrusttvely in a fine Itallanate villa in Fairfield. Conn.. witn a uo-foot yacht on Long Island sound, were hinted when it was dls closed that he started the second upward climb of his criminal career oy snatching a small fortune from tnc alcohol business in the drv era It was indicated that his business relations then and afterwards may have reached Into the racketeering empire of the late Dutch Schultz and other big shots of those days HEARING SLATED ON REMOVAL LADY KI.AMATH PALLS. Ore.. Dec. 17. (API Defeated In a mntlnn k lain a write of habeas rnrnn, tt.r. rtpya for Mrs. Ollle Dyer, 40. charged at Plnevlllc. Mo., with murder of her motner In 1033. snld today thev would carry their flsht to Oov. Martin, who win noia an extradition hearing soon. Dismissing the petltl6n for the writ, Circuit JudR Edwin B. Ashuist ord ered Mrs. Dyer placed n the custody of the sheriff on a fugitive complaint. She waa arrested when her hiurband Jack, already returned to Mlsrourt. said after his arrest on a minor charge that his wife had killed her mother. Mary Sullivan. Dyer claimed the mother's death was made to appear to have been caused by an accidental fall from a hayloft. The habeas corpus action was based on the ground that the charges were only the result of a ststement by the hushsnd. who said Mrs. Sulli van was bludgeoned. Judge Ajhurst refused to allow testimony purporting to show that the husbsnds statement was the product of malice. Watchman.-. )tilrrrd PORTLAND. Dec. n.--Deputy District Attorney John R. collier said tonight that a 78-year-old dock wati-hman wss held for Investigation In connection with a SI2J0O0 (ire In the Kerr A Clifford company ware house and wheat elevators a week ago. No formal charge was filed. 25' Discount on all Rfadv.ro-Wear and Hats ETHEL WYN B. HOFFMANN Ore and Bullion Purchased LkM! H Can. '".uM nr.- WILDBERG BROS. SMKITING RFF1N1NG CO. OW 74J Mart St..Sa Fnnn Flight o Time Med ford snd Jackson County history from ttoe rile of the Mall Tribune 10 and 20 year ago. TEN VEAKS AGO TODAY December 18. I9S8 (It was Tuesday) A state tax on tobacco is proposed by state tax commission as mean of cutting property tax. President-elect Hoover on South American good will trip to hurry home. King George of England Improves. Marriages past year show a de crease. Three cars with keys left In igni tion stolen from city streets. Most of the graduating members of the championship Medford high school will enter the U. of O. Albert Burch to head Fruitgrowers league. Floyd Charley named master of Lake Creek grange. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 18, 1918 Senate leaders announce opposition to America entering any League of Nations. President Wilson in Europe on peace mission plans visit to Rome as i soon as he recovers from cold. i Expect peace treaty to be signed and sealed by June 1. Some 1919 auto licenses appear on the street. Motorists warned they are not supposed to be used until Jan. 1. Opponents of flu mask storm city council and demand repeal of ordi- I nance. Councllmen threaten to re- j sign. Claim masks do no good and . hurt business. ! Receipt of Christmas mail at local postofflce Is the lightest In years. L 10 NAME LIBERAL FOR PRESIDENCY WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (AP) John L. Lewis, as chairman of labor's non-partisan league, stepped into the 1940 presidential campaign today with a bid for a voice In the selec tion of candidates and policies by the next Democratic national con vention. Surrounded by his chief aides in both the league and the CIO, Lewis unfolded to newspapermen a pro gram of political action which has lor Its goal the election of league endorsed candidates to the 1940 Democratic national convention. Tho CIO leader Indicated he was not Interested In the third party Idea at this time, and shied away from questions as to his views of a third term for President Roosevelt. But he announced that the league would have a convention in -1939, adopt a platform for tho 1940 cam paign and aim at the nomination of "progressive" candidates by the Democratic party. In a statement widely regarded as the beginning of a battle with Democratic conservatives for control of the 1940 convention, Lewis said: "It Is essential that all the liberal and progressive forces or the country unite to maintain and extend the economic and political gains of re cent years foi the preservation of democracy." Close associates of Lewis inter preted his prcsram of political ac tion as an effort to line up as large a bloc of Democratic conven tion delegates as possible, and thus be able to swing a decisive vote against conservative elements of the party. Pure white Is unattainable. Moth had 4.000 muscles, man 7S0. A The most glori ous Mexican music vou've ever heard! o TODAY and MONDAY ., i M Today at 1:4.1-3.13-6:43 - 9:00 j 0s I "art I.-. T t -am . w. v m II v mum u 1 1 The Capital Parade (Continued from Page One ) weeks e.-o. No doubt the Japanese effort to abut China's open door, and the German savagery at home and effrontery at Lima weighed heavily In his decision. Tentative preparations for both th Chinese credit and South American trade scheme were begun some time previously, although Munich forced our hand so badly that the South American set-up is still Incomplete. Disclosure came this week chiefly because the fearful pace of worid af fairs required immediate action. PENDLETON. Dec. 17. Decid ing not to await a supreme court decision on a proposed financing plan, Umatilla county court opened eight bids today for construction of a new courthouse. -a I" H AlltfAl At a Csfti UI1EVI UIEI JINGLES Copvrlphtert Our regional assembly plant going at top speed ! Just TRYING to catch up with deliveries we need. With a big cut in price and more car than ever, The ONLY low priced car with steering post shift lever, Our sales have increased in volume as never before Why we just CAN'T keep cars on our showroom floor 3y the way, YOU should see our vacuum gear shift Just ONE of the features giving our business a lift! Rogue River Chevrolet Mnln and Klverstde Service llept. 32 North Rlvers-lde I'sed Car l.nt Riverside at 4th NOW! WE GIVE Green Stamps ON ALL USED CARS Yilllljhle premiums! Buy that I'sed car XOtv and solve your Klfl problems with them! stumps on ued rnrs onlv! FROM BULLFIGHT TO FIESTA ... IT'S JUST ONE GRAND RIOT OF FUN AND ROMANCE! it Sir . -jv i ft 1 -sf
