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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON'. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER IS. 1939. PAGE FIVE LOCAL and PERSONAL Colli Here C. R. Skellinger of Sams Valley transacted busi ness in Medford today. Medford Caller D, A. Mont gomery of Talent called in Med ford on business this morning. On Leave Leonard Adair, personnel clerk at Medford CCC headquarters, is on a week's leave of absence. From Talent E. W. Maxson and James McDowell of Talent transacted business in this cit today. Club to Meet Medford De Molay order will hold a regular meeting this evening at 7:30 in the Masonic temple. All mem bers are asked to attend. To Klamath Falls Paul Han lin, U. S. deputy marshal, left this morning for Klamath Falls on official business. He was ex pected back tonight. Postpone Sale The rummage sale sponsored by the Methodist church Ladles' Aid society and scheduled for this week-end has been postponed until the first week in November. To Entertain , Mrs, Harry Prentice's accordion band will entertain during the luncheon hour of the Parent-Teachers as sociation school of instruction tomorrow morning at 10, in the Christian church. . Dinner Thursday A covered dish dinner will be served in the K. P. hall at 6:30 p. m. Thursday for all Royal Neigh bors and their invited guests. A program will follow the din $10 Fines Joseph C. Reb- holtz, 34, and Sadie Rebholtz, 28. both charged with drunken ness, were fined $10 apiece in city court yesterday afternoon. City police said the two were drunk in a South Riverside ave nue beer establishment. Minor Accident G. H. John son of 324 South Orange street and James T. Bayland of Med ford drove cars involved in a minor accident at Eighth and Ivy streets Tuesday afternoon, according to 8 report on file today. Recruits Needed A press re lease from the Portland recruit ing office of the U. S. army to day said recruits were urgently needed to fill newly-formed regi mental medical detachments in the 7th infantry, Vancouver Bar racks, Wash., and the 5th in fantry. Fort Missoula. Mont., and Fort George Wright, Spo kane, Wash. Orders have also been received at Portland head quarters to concentrate on fill ing anti-aircraft batteries of the 65th coast artillery, San Fran cisco, and the 63rd coast artil lery, Los Angeles, the release stated. Ranks of those regi ments were thinned by recent transfer of men to the Panama Canal Zone. Young men inter ested in army service may pro cure complete information at the recruiting sub - station in Medford city hall. On Business Roy Linderman of Ashland was a business caller here this morning. Driver Tests Automobile driver license applicants will be examined as usual here Satur day from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Ap plicants are requested to report between those hours to the ex aminer in council chambers on the top floor of city hall. Convalescing .Tack Fay, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester H. Fay of 738 West 11th street, was reported as conva lescing satisfactorily in Com munity hospital today. He un derwent a mastoid operation in the hospital Tuesday. Due Back Mayor C. C. Fur nas, owner of the Medford Ser vice station, was expected to return tonight or tomorrow from Portland where ne has been transacting business. The may or, accompanied by Mrs. Furnas, left here for Portland by motor car Sunday. Purchase Made The Neon Ad Sign company of this city, formerly the Medford branch of the Eugene Neon Sign company, has purchased the glass-blowing equipment of Plummer and Plummer. local firm. Announce ment of the purchase was made today by W. A. Catlett, owner of the Neon-Ad company. RALPH B. THOMAS PASSES, AGED 25 Brilliant Stars in Sunday Hit t at ML 3 Ralph B. Thomas, 25. husband of Evelyn Thomas, and father of Marga Lee, aged three, passed away at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Thomas, north of Medford at 8:15 this morning. He was born at Morehouse. Missouri, Aug. 31, 1914. The fain- ily came here from Klamath county in 1932 and for one year resided in Ashland where Ralph attended state normal, after which he engaged in teaching. He was teaching in Junior high school in Klamath county until his last illness. He was a mem ber of the Christian church since bovhood and a former member of the order of De Molay. After his graduation from state normal in 1933, the family came to Medford, where they have since resided. Besides his wife and infant daughter and parents, he leaves three brothers and one sister, Frank W, Thomas of Chiloquin, Ore.; John W., George E., and Dorothy E. Thomas all of Med ford. Also two grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Thomas of Logansport, Ind. Funeral arrangements are be ing made with Conger Funeral Mickey Rooney and Judy Gar- Parlors and will be announced ; land, co-starred for the first time. The eternal triangle is an alyzed, refurbished and re-assembled in a sparkling, stimu lating guise in "In Name Only," which comes to the Craterian theater Sunday for a three-day engagement. "In Name Only" is particu larly notable for its stellar cast, which includes Carole Lombard, Cary Grant and Kay Francis. In the supporting cast are Charles Coburn. Helen Vinson, Kath erlne Alexander. Jonathan Hale and Maurice Moscovitch. The hectic love affair of Grant and Miss Lombard, and how their romance is handicapped by a mercenary wife's (Kay Fran cis) refusal to free the man, even though she has no love tor him, forms the pulsating story of the film. FLY RED CROSS ASKS jBANK OF GERVAIS iinn nrurnaiirMi nnrmrn nr snr.nl flLLr Uf VYUIVILH HUDDDJ UF J)UU j VMlLUS MAINLINERS All women of the vulley who are interested In giving their time to sewing and cutting of garments for war refugees of Poland. England and France, are asked to meet Friday morn ing from 9 to 12 and in the after noon from 1 to 5 o'clock in the Gervais. Ore , Oct. 18 (AP) A hook-nosed robber who fled in an old sedan hid from police j today with approximately 5700 taken from two women employes I of the Gervais state bank shortly I before the close of business yes terday. I The tall, heavy-set invader. who cloaked the lower part of Red Cross office rooms in the his face with a handkerchief and Jackson county courthouse. learned a large calibre pistol. Similar meetings will be heM slipped into the hank and or startmg next week each Monday, i dercd Helen Hillor. cashier, and Wednesday and Friday at the Kllen Voght, teller, to "hand over above times. Mrs. Earl Tumy : that money." Miss Hiller gave is in charge. Women planning to participate in the sewing and cutting are asked to bring scis sors and thimbles. A knitting group will get un der way in the Red Cross office tomorrow with Mrs. E. G. Rid dell as Instructor. All of the Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland Star In Craterian Show in tomorrow's issue of this paper. Society io Meet The South ern Oregon Gem and Mineral society will meet in regular monthly session at the home of W. H. McClure, 250 Beatty street, at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, Mr. McClure will give a report of the annual convention of the Northwest Federation of Min eralogical Societies held in Se attle over the week-end. Army Unit Due A 76th field artillery motor convoy of ten vehicles is seheau'ied to spend tomorrow night at CCC detach ment, old fair grounds south of town, CCC headquarters an nounced today. The unit will be en route from the Presidio of Monterey, Cal., to Fort Lewis Wash. In the detachment will be 60 men who are being trans ferred to Fort Lewis. The unit, in command of 1st Lieut. Fred W. Ellery, is scheduled to spend tonight in Redding, Cal. Week-End Guests -s- Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Rickman and baby Tommy spent the week-end here as guests at the home of Mrs. Rickman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rice. They moved re cently from Medford to Sacra mento. Cal. Mrs. Rickman is the former Carrie Mae Rice. Other guests at the Rice home were Bob Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Porter and Nancy Lou Moore of Ashland. First Air Trip Mrs. Bertha Barnum of 204 North Front street, 85 years old, left this afternoon by United Mainliner for San Francisco where she planned to spend a fortnight visiting her son, J. C. Barnum. It was Mrs. Barnum's first time In the air and she anticipated the flight with enthusiasm. She was seen off at the airport by another son, George A. Barnum, owner of the Barnum machine shop. Leaving on the same plane were Vallard Truax, to Los Angeles, and Mrs, M. T. Edwards, to Oakland. Dr. H. H. Sherwood left by Mainliner last night for Seattle, Wash. Reginald H. Parsons arrived by Mainliner last night from Seattle and C. M. Davenport from Port land. Leaving on the same plane were H. J. Boyle, to San Fran cisco, and Charles Silbey, to Oakland. Jack Matlack, mem ber of the Craterian theater staff, returned yesterday after noon by Mainliner from San Francisco where he took in the Golden Gate international ex " position. The early morning northbound plane this morning few over Medford because of fog. AMBULANCE DRIVER IS FREED IN CO-ED DEATH PORTLAND. Oct. 18. (APV A circuit court jury returned a not guilty verdict in favor of Clark Ewing. ambulance driver, charged with involuntary man slaughter in the death of Bar bara Jane McMicken, University of Oregon co-ed. The jury deliberated one hour and 15 minutes. Miss McMicken was killed in a collision between her car and an ambulance operated by Ew ing, last summer, SWEETHEART SLAYER FREED BY GOVERNOR SALEM, Oct. 18 fAP) The prison sentence of rrea iron son, sentenced in Portland 25 years ago to serve a life sen tence for killing his sweetheart, was commuted by Governor Sprague today to 70 years, mak ing Tronson eligible for imme diate release. The commuta tion makes him eligible for pa role because he already has served a third of the 70 years. KOLMAN SECONDS MIRY SUPPORT Washington. Oct. 18. (AP Senator Holman, Oregon Repub lican, commenting upon the Con gressional Record's account of Governor Sprague's endorsement of Senator McNary for the Re publican presidential nomina tion, said today, "I had hoped to have the honor of initiating the proposal and am glad at the least to second it." "Senator McNary is one of the most efficient men in the sen ate." the Oregon junior senator said in an interview. "He fs held in high esteem by every senator in the present congress, regardless of party affiliation. "No state can propose a can didate for the presidency better qualified to face and solve the problems incident to this ad ministration and the debacle which I fear awaits the country at its conclusion." GOLD HILL STUDENTS ELECT NEW OFFICERS Gold Hill. Oct. 18. (Spl Gold Hill high school student body elected officers last week. Those elected were: President. Robert Wolff; vice president. D e 1 m a r Chapman: secretary. Ruth Lance: treasurer, Doro thea Duncan; news reporter. Bill Force; yell leaders, Edith Howes and Mary Lou Tygart: sergeant-at-arms, Donald Wolff. Hayes, Betty Jaynes, Douglas McPhail. Rand Brooks, Leni lornn and John Sheffield of "Tar- zan Finds a Son!" fame. Many former vaudeville headliners ap pear as themselves ta the picture. Japs to Quit Mexico. Mazatlan. Sinaloa, Mex.. Oct. 18. (AP) The Nippon Suisa Kaisha company planned today to order its Japanese manned fishing fleet back to Japan as the result of President Lazaro Cardenas decree prohibiting foreign ships from working out of Mexican ports. come to tne craterian mearer today in "Babes in Arms," Mickey's first musical, and they are flanked by the largest accu mulation of Hollywood's juvenile talent assembled to date in one picture. While musicals are nothing new to Judy, they are to Mickey and he makes the most of It, offering the intriguing opportu nity to see "Andy Hardy" danc ing, singing, giving impersona tions and, in fact, doing every thing in the entertainment book. Based on one of the most suc cessful Broadway musical hits of the author-composer team of Rodgers and Hart, and embel lished by additional numoers by some of Hollywood's foremost composers, "Babes in Arms" provides abundant opportunity for music, song and dancing log ically fitted into a dramatic theme. It is a story of the passing of vaudeville and the attempt pf a group of former vaudeville head liners to rescue their fleeting fame. When they fail, their tal ented kids come to the rescue. Familiar with the modern trend the youngsters stage a show of their own when they are faced with being committed to the state farm because they are not being cared for properly. Their show attracts the attention of producer and they land in a big Broadway revue. Mickey Rooney plays the son of a famous vaudeville team. In heriting all his father's talent, he is the guiding light of the go getting youngsters and the cen- tral figure of a puppy love story that involves Judy Garland, the ugly duckling, and June Preis- ser. playing an ex-screen baby star who has the looks and the money needed to stage his show Judy Garland has the oppor tunity to sing some of the best songs of her career, and June, who was seen with her sister, Cherry, in the most recent "Eleg feld Follies," is said to be a danc ing sensation. The cast also features Charles Winnlnger, Guy Kibbee, Grace Ship Repaired, Seattle, Oct. 18.-(AP)-Agents for the Dutch motorship Djambi reported today the crew had completed repairs on its dis- bled steering gear, 1500 miles west of here in the Pacific, and the vessel was proceeding to- ards Manila, 38 Die in Typhoon. Tokyo. Oct. 18. (AP News- paper dispatches from Kago- shima today reported 38 persons ead, 33 missing and scores In jured in a typhoon which swept the southern tip of the Japanese island of Kyushu. GAS DEATH DECREED FOR DANCER'S SLAYER LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18. (AP! A sentence of death In the state's lethal gas chamber was imposed today upon DcWitt Clinton Cook, 20-year-old print er, confessed bludgeon slayer of blonde Anya Sosoyeva, young Russian dancer. Closing tlma for Too Late to Clas sify Acts Is 1:30 p. m. iilffitiifj iSii bp Km FMCOUTtti erin4' fmm Give your coffee miku the Schilling Coffee exactly suited to its needs. Schilling spec'ully prepre deli cious coffees ooe for Drip or GUss itiiker one for PercoUtor or Boiling. (Thn k lf, Cm 1 D- TOMORROW & The Greatest Roles They Ever Played ... in the greatest picture they ever madel him the contents of the till. He backed out of the bank and drove away westward on the St. Louis road. State police, assisted by fed eral bureau ot investigation oper atives, said the robber appeared to be about 85 years old and sessions are m eonjunenon wun , Wore a white trench coat. He the recently organized war re- was gjx feet tall and weighed lief production committee of ! about 185 noimd. jacKson coumy wmcn was formed to give aid to warring countries who seek It, Thrifty Scotchl Edinburgh. Oct. 18. (VP) Thrifty Scotsmen toolc advan tage of the recent German air raid. Immediately the fighting was over and the Nazi planes had left, many small boats hur ried to the locations where Ger man bombs fell into the sea and their occupants gathered in the fish killed by the explosions. Catholics End Meet, Spokane, Oct, 18. (AP) Pledged to continue their pro gram for greater development of rural America's spiritual, cul tural and economic life more than 2.000 delegates to the na tional Catholic rural . life con-1 ference were returning home to-1 day from their seventeenth an-! nual meeting. Weather. Northern California! Gener ally fair tonight and Thursday, but becoming cloudy extreme north portion Thursday with light rain extreme north coast; little change in temperature; gentle northwest wind off the coast. Mors Paralysis Portland, Oct. 18. (AP) Five new cases of infantile par alysis occured in Oregon last week, the state department of health reported today. There were two In Wasco county and one each in Clatsop, Gilliam and Jackson counties. you feel lt-wlth swift-acting -rfS?? 5 U! to I VICKS VAFORUB 6) PORTLAND 1 nr. 7 mln. SAN fRANCISCO 2 hr. li mln. LOS ANGEUS 4 hrt. M mln. Also fine, fast Mainliner taeper service to Chicago, New York and East I Coll bavel genlM, hotel. UNITED AIR LINES MwMpsl Airport Tl H Pacific Coast Premiere STARTS TODAY 4 Days msm mmm 'hrr- FRI' THEN GONE FOREVER! ' " I h , r V V ? Ij mv a MATH ' ifA . h$:ht ffvSSl feL ' W i 'Jh ' .fjWtb DONALD DUCK f- ""OQHS, iSS . Lf I T7I I 2 HlT - JZ" II III! Illlu'wi Ml aVtr.n'- "" m ' .ii . 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