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.
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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.
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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.
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