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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1939. PAGE FTVb LOCAL and PERSONAL On Business C. R. Skelllngsr of gsms Valley transacted business here this morning. . Calls Here Clayton Simmons of Eagle Point attended to business matters here today. Medford Callers Wllma Cook and Floyd Penes of Jacksonville were bus iness callera here this morning. From Bea?le William Mitchell of Beaple transacted business In this olty today. . Calls Here Howard Breen of Butte Falls attended to business In Med ford today. ... Flying South Lieut. Don Darrow. piloting an army Northrop attack plane, stopped at Medford municipal airport late yesterday to have his ship refueled. He was en route irom Bend to March field. Riverside, Cal. ... I To Have Sale Women's Relief Corps will sponsor a rummage and baked food sale Friday and Saturday In the old Western Thrift premises on Sixth street, next to Evans Shoe store. Mrs. Freda Lawrence la in charge of the sale. To Call Chamber Medford persons planning on attending the Roxy Ann Orange dinner Friday evening at are asked to call the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. 63. The din ner waa previously timed for 6:30. but due to the fact that many plan on attending the football game later It was changed to 6. . In Hospital Nelson E. Morris of Route 4 Is confined In Sacred Heart hospital where he was reported ser iously 111. His son. Charles Morrla, ar rived here yesterday from Riverside. Cal . to be with his father and other relatives arlvlng today were his mother. Mrs. Emma Marcellua of Clinton. Iowa. Mrs. Frank Bobert of Clinton. Wisconsin, his sister, and Y Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Fry of Grand View. Washington, hta uncle and unt. His wife has been with him constantly since he became seriously 111 severnl weeks ago. ... Airport Arrivals Medford munici pal airport arrivals yesterday Included James H. Peden, en route from Sacra mento, Cal., to Eugene In a Cessna plane: W. A. Mara of Wayne. Mlnh., aalea manager of the Stlnson air craft company, en route from Oak lend, Cal., to Portland In a Stlnson plane; Lieut. G. W. West, Eugene to March Field, Riverside, Cal., In an army Northrop attack plane; ana MaJ. W. R. Peck, Sacramento to Spo kane. Wash., In a North American observation plane. Major Peck Is a regular army air corps offlcsr In charge of the Washington national guard unit at Spokane. . Public Invited Medford home ex tension unit today extended an In vitation to other organizations to at tend a special meeting at the county courthouse auditorium tomorrow at ' 8 p.m. to hear Mrs. A. T. Lathrop's report of her experiences as a dele gate to the world conference of the Associated Country Women of the World at London last May. Organiza tions expected to attend the meeting re the Roxy Ann. Howard, Oak Grove, Griffin Creek and Phoenix extension units and Central Point. Mrs. Lathrop will give the same lec ture Friday evening at the Lake Creek Orange meeting to which the public Is Invited. ... To Meet Tonight Episcopal church lay workers, vestrymen, women work ers, and other Interested persons of this church area are reminded of the dinner to be held this evening at 6:30 in the parish hall on North Oak dale avenue. The area comprises Med ford, Ashland and Granta Pass. Speakers to be presented after the dinner Include Bishop Benjamin well, the Rev. Lewis B. Kelter and the Rev. L. E. Kempton, all of Port land, and the Rev. William Lee Rich V. ards of New York. The program will Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr In Sunday Hit Club To Mrft Howard Study club will meet at the hom of Mrs. John Yanttn on the Old Pacific highway on Friday at 1:30 p.m. Blryrlt Stolen Clayton Anderson of 802 East Jackson boulevard re ported to city police yesterday that his Rambler bicycle, license 61 4, was stolen at the Junior high school. From A li land Leonard Hall, Ash land newspaper publisher, was a bus iness visitor In Medford Monday afternoon. Visits Parent Mle Ptankle Rlna bsiver of Grants Pass spent th week-end visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Rlnabarger of 941 East Ninth street. The former Medford Rlrl recently opened a dance studio In Grants Pass. In Hospital Francis O. Hughes, chief engineer of the Pinnacle Pack ing company. Is confined In Com munity hospital where he underwent an emergency appendectomy recently. He is recovering rapidly and plan on being removed to his home to morrow, attendants said. Driver Tests Automobile driver ex aminations will be held here as us ual Saturday from 9 to 5. Persons seeking licenses or permits are asked ; to report to the examiner In council chambers on the top floor of city hall, between those hours. On Grazing MIsslnn-r-Fred Purst. from the range management staff at the U. S. regional forester's office In Portland, arrived here by car this morning to confer with executives of the Rogue River national forest regarding grazing policies. Mr. Furst came here from the Umpqua nation- I al forest, making the trip via Dia mond lake and Union Creek. Bus Plane w. H. Fluhrer. sports man pilot, has purchased a four place Fatrchlld plane. The plane waa brought here Monday by Ivar Akkle son. Pacific coast distributor of Falr rhildfi. and Jack BtMlby, one of his salesman, each arriving In a Fair child from Oakland, Cnl. Mr. Fluhrer uses planes frequently in business trips. Freshmen Pledge It was learned here today that two Medford stud ents. Rolland Rlnabarger and Don Gillespie, had pledged Theta Chi fra ternity at Oregon State college In Corvallis where they are members of the freshmen claw. Rlnabarger is the son of the H. E. Rinabaroers of 841 East Dth street and Don la the son of the Everett Gillespiea, of 304 South Holly street. Both graduated 1 from .Medford high school lart spring. Jarvl Speaks Slmeri E. Jarvl. as sistant forester of the Rogue River National Forest, waa the speaker at last night's regular weekly dinner meeting of the Active club in Hotel Medford. Mr. Jarvi gave a resume of the season's work In fire-flghtlng and prevention, and praised the gen eral public's attitude and coopera tion In aiding the service in holding the 1939 fire loss In the Rogue River national forest to one of the lowest of any forest on the Pacific coast. CItII Service TCs u. S. civil ser vice commission today announced open competitive examinations for the following positions: Junior veter inarian. (2000 a year, bureau of ani mal Industry, department of agri culture; and Junior graduate nurse, $1620 a year, public health service and veterans administration. Com plete information regarding the po sitions and the necessary qualifi cations may be. procured at Medford postoffice from S. S. Sherwood, as sistant secretary of the local civil service board of examiners. Plane Passengers A. Stralla ar rived by United Malnliner early this morning from San Francisco. Dr. W C. Hunter arrived on the midnight Malnliner from Portland and was to return to Portland this afternoon by have to do with the program of the plane. He Is a pathologist at the TJni churrh and the diocese of the nation, verslty of Oregon medical school and Tho women of th church will pre- I come here as a witness in a federal nare the dinner, for which a small court murder case. Frank Valentlch, chares will be made. United employe at Bakersfleld. Cal., Drama of War Wins Approval Of Crowd At Rialto Showing "All Quiet on the Western Front." the truthful and graphic screen pre sentation of Erie Maria Ramarque's fsmoua World War novel, which opened a three-day run yesterday at the New Rialto theater In Ua new uncensored version, U a drama of deep human emotions and a timely indictment of modern war. Now that the truth can be told, scenes removed from this picture be fore its original release (for peace time showing) have been restored in full, to tell even more starkly the dross and bitterness of the last war and the present war. These scenes, ss well as new scenes which brine the panorama of war up to date, intensify the drama of Ra marque's famous war book and aid in telling more sharply the Immortal story of "Paul Baummer." a youth of 16 whose mind, body and soul are subjected to the burning white heat of modern warfare. Lew Ayres gives a performance that ever made, and on which the Naal government has banned from Ger man screens. All copies of the book In Germany have been burned and has seldom been surpassed In the the author has been exiled to a fat role of the youth transformed from a schoolboy in a German village to a soldier boy In the trenches. 811m Summervllle and the late Louis Wol heim and many others give unfor gettable performances In the film worse than death because of his dislike for present conditions In his country. "8. O. A Tidal Wave." featuring Ralph Byrd and Frank Jenka, plays as the added feature with "All Quiet which is truly one of the greatest i On the Western Front." The Public Is Invited to Attend an INFORMAL DANCE sponsored by the Medford Business & Professional Women's Club Benefit Scholarship Loan Fund Friday Evening, October 13 ORIENTAL GARDENS Dancing 9:00 till 12:30 WHIPPLE'S ORCHESTRA TICKETS 40c each, 80c couple A new acting team to thrill the movie world Robert Taylor and Hedy Lamarr in a gripping, sensuous drama laid against a background of the exotic Far East. The exciting new screen lovers make their first ap pearnnce together in "Lady of the Tropics." comln to the Craterlan theater Sunday for a three-day run, and it's heralded as the most perfect combination of outstanding screen personalities since the memorable Garbo-ailbcrt stnrrers. Taylor la cast as an adventurous young American in Indo-China and Miss Lamarr Is cast aa the most beautiful, most mysterious and fatal Eurasian in all the Far East the role being her first since her romantic "Algiers" Joseph Schllkrsmt heads a cast of Important Hollywood stars. who had been visiting here, returned home by Malnliner last midnight. Mrs. William Brit ton arrived from Portland by Malnliner last evening. Mrs. Fannie Bean left for Portland by Malnliner yesterday afternoon. The Malnliner due here at 11:21 a.m. was delayed In Seattle today because of fog and was not expected at Med ford until mtdafternoon. The early morning northbound plane was held here from 4:32 to 6:42 a. m. today because of fog around Portland. ELKS TO INITIATE Roxy Hill-billies 3FP1I1 June Storey and Guinn WhlUrts have tcatured roleB with the Weaver Brothers and Elvlry In "Down In Arkansaw," playing today only at the I Roxy theater. The singing threesome r. Wilson welt, exalted ruler of the m to town In real old hlll-bllly fash' QWt. Even the price is mild Full 90 proo 10 straight whisky four yea rs ol d. 1 5 straight whisky three yea rsold. 75ri distilled grain neutral spirits. TOTOTO! i w pint n Lvvv. u rvik ia m i ts H 10UU5 ueeR BrarareMM r iKtWi local Elks Lodge, announced today the Initiation of a class of candidates Thursday night. October 13. A lunch eon will be served in the old dining room immediately following the lodge session. The class to be Initiated Includes Dr. O. J. Halboth, Robert C. Stone, Reynold W. Cook. Wr. Walt E. Hoppe, Thomas W. Harvey. D. J. Bergman, G. A. Cottlngham. Lee Williams. Dr. A. J. Loeffler, George Harrington. Linsley Dorman. M. V. Younger. Ray mond T. Harrison, Leonard L. Fish, O. R. Fritz. MRS.MARY GRUME TAKEN By DEATH Grandma (Mrs. Mary) Crume, 81 South Orange street, who has made her home In Medford for the past 17 years, passed away at 3 a. m. Wednesday. She had been In falling health for the past year. Mrs Crume Is survived by three daughters: Mrs. C. H. Schrltt. Med ford, Mrs. C. B. Lee, Portland, and Mrs. Grace Shirer, Sacramento, Cal.; and two sons, R. H. Crume, of Port land, and Johnny Crume of South Dakota. . There are also 14 grand children and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral announcement will be made later by the Conger funeral parlors. PORTLAND LADY-HEADS STATE PYTHIAN SISTERS PORTLAND. Oct. 11. (AP) Mar garet Phillips of Portland became grand chief of grand temple, Oregon Pythian Sisters, at the annual con vention yesterday. Luclnda Deburge. Eugene, la past grand chief: Ethel Murphy. Salem, grand senior; Rose Haskell, Baker, grand Junior: Queen Wood, Independence, grand man ager. Closing time for Too Lute to Clas sify Ads is 1:30 p m. Ion In the motmtaln-folk comedy- drama, CO-OP TO BEGIN What Part Do You Play? ROM MEET 10PIC As an approprtnte feature of Fire Prevention week, V. J. Robinson discussed activities of the National Board of Fire Underwriters at Tues day's Rotary club meeting. The board maintains a large labo ratory at Chicago where exhaustive "torture tests" are given to products of every description, Mr. Robinson said. Purpose of the laboratory is to determine fire-resisting qualities of various products and Its findings prove Invaluable to the general buy ing public. The laboratory has ex tended this type of service to the public since 1901, the speaker said. The Tuesday program was arranged by Hnnce Cleland, Rotary club pro gram chairman. 4 Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads la 1:30 p m. r The Farmers Co-Operatlve Ship- ping association ha,s renewed opera tions, and will ship ita first carload of hogs to Portland next Sunday, according to Assistant County Agent C. B. Cordy. The association is spon sored by the Grange, with Charles C. Hoover as head. Anyone desiring to ship hogs, whether or not they are Grangers, are requested to call either Hoover, or the county agent's office. It la planned to ship hogs as often as the supply Justifies, throughout the season. The recent destruction of the Htiber packing plant by fire cut off one of the local sale sources for hogs, and Cordy said the shipping arrangement would help In the sales. The Huber concern Is making plans to rebuild as soon as possible. BEN C. INMAN FUNERAL , AT TALENT THURSDAY Funeral services for Ben C. Inman, who passed away October 0, will be 1 held at the Stearns cemetery. Talent, I tomorrow at 3 p. ra. wtlh Rev. James M. Hamilton officiating. Arrange menta are in care of tha Conger funeral parlot-s. 1 Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. ra. You alone give meaning to the part you play on life's stage. Great are your re sponsibilities. One is to bring security and happiness to those around you. Then the show will be worthwhile. You'll gather , friends who will understand you, respect and stand by you. You'll find added hap piness in hospitality . . . splendor in sim ple things . . . fresh plans and ideas in your moments of well-earned leisure. Remem ber each dawn on life's stage Is your "cue to go on," You honor your friends when you ask them into your home. To serve them beef is simple hospitality . . . but to serve them Budweiser is a gracious compliment. A N H Matters Most SEE! BiiidLwiseir MAKE THIS TEST drink Budweiser for five days. ON THE SIXTH DAY TRY TO DRINK A SWEET beer, you wiu want Budweiser's FLAVOR THEREAFTER. S-M COM. t,l. .HHIUIIS-tUtCH, IMA . ST. LOUIS. MO. AMERICA'S "SUICIDE FLEET" HELL BENT FOR ACTION! Wallace Beery ' best since "Tugboat Annie" . . to the thunderous drama of a "fighting coward" who tried to win the war single-handed 1 1 1 TODAY ONLY WEAVER BROS. A ELVIRY Hilarious lllll-nillr Hl-JInks! "DOWN IN ARKANSAW" Axjy- i ii,piM iks Mjf lkl,i iisi,i Tali- l.J!'.ly.,, tonus as(4i Lhiuiliof Coxp-i ftuUJlpOi fit Crowds! Ends Tomorrow! Jf i . . 0SmSH J lfraVtt A 7 CHESTER VIRGINIA' PH WPl?u JJ MORRIS GREY T ll'ftl ' V V'-. l' iQZ Douglas Dumbrille - John Qualen Srur .' (f Tmejr Addisn Biol,ftd, Ralph Byrd and Franlc Jmks In J , htt j$f bSt l f -,1 0. B. Tid.l wave S ""V V . I avass! .iinmsi. ! Mr lunar tnr tnnr nnvsi inoit n ii. i m to- A ifOL. ' - -'- c0H b I m ZaCZLi k&.J2wL. Z&& I Show Today rm t'A v -tSM-lSl at 1:46 Matinees .... SOc Evenings 40c Kiddies 10