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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1939,
RETAIL BUYING BEST
IN PAST TWO YEARS
SAYS WEEKLY REVIEW
New York, Oct. 20. AP)
Consumer buying during the
past week, from the point of
view of sales volume, was the
best merchants have had in over
two years except for the weeks
immediately preceding Christ
mas, Dun & Bradstreet said to
day in its weekly review of re
tail trade.
"The improvement in total
sales volume this week was esti
mated at 9 to 15 per cent over
a year ago, the survey said.
"Selling prices were approxi
mately 2 per cent higher, and
expenditures for promotion, as
measured by newspaper adver
tising lineage, about 5 per cent
larger.
"On a regional basis, the
broadest expansion in buying oc
curred in the southwest, follow-
ed closely by the middle west
and east.
"Clothing stores in industrial
sections reported increases of as
much as 30 per cent; demand for
topcoats, the heaviest in several
years, was said to be particu
larly gratifying In view of the
alow season a year ago.
Nazis Advance Into France ' CHATEAU L I C E M S E
FAIR NEXT YEAR
San Francisco, Oct. 20 (AP)
There is still a chance the
Golden Gate International ' Ex
position may be reopened next
year, but leaders of a movement
to keep it going admitted today
it was a small one.
Dan London, chairman of the
drive to raise $1,600,000 to re
condition the fair and plan a
1040 opening, reported last night
that only $700,000 of the amount
had been pledged. But just as
observers prepared to receive an
announcement of final closing
on October 29, it was announced
"encouraging information" had
come from Los Angeles and the
deadline for raising the money
would be continued "for a few
days" more.
Uae Mall Trlouno want ads.
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IpSaT" GERMANS Sc. B s
iVl SOFT-SPOT IN $&NS'p3j
I MAGINOT LINE 3k I
B0U20NWLLE jtrlL if ?-.
REVOKED BY BOARD
Portland. Oct. 20 (APl-e-The
Oregon liquor commission was
requested yesterday Dy me Ore
gon wine council to approve a
new price schedule for wines
and dissolve the "ffpntlpmnn's
agreement" establishing 49 cents
as a fair trade minimum price
for pints, fifths and quarts of
tortuiea wine.
The council asked for a srhpd.
ule of 25 cents for pints in round
bottles, 39 cents for fifths and
45 cents for quarts, but no for
mal action was taken by the
commission.
The commission revoked the
restaurant and nackage store 11.
cense of the Chateau at Ashland
for selling spirituous liquors.
' MAIN HIGHWAYS
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15
20
A German thrust gave the Nazis a foothold on French toil
about 100 yards in the vicinity of Apach (1) while a second
drive pushed the French back from German soil on a 20-mile
front through the Saar valley (2). French said their forces had
been ordered back and the Nasi advance was against only light
patrols.
SEATTLE, Oct. 20. (AP)
The federal division of agricul
tural statistics here estimated
today Oregon strawberry grow
ers will pick 13,400 acres of
late-crop berries next year as
compared with 12,200 this sea
son and 10,920 acres as a 10-
year average. These are the
largest acreages in the late-crop
group of states, save Michigan
where growers intend to har
vest 14,800 acres next season
against 13,000 this year and
10-year average of 9,380 acres.
Oregon growers harvested
1.037,000 crates, according to
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Communications
Blond Son Born
To Negro Couple
DES MOINES, la., Oct. 20.
(AP) The birth of a white son
with blue eyes and yellow hair
to Negro parents here put Iowa
scientists to work today on the
mathematical task of determin
ing the odds against such an
occurrence.
Doctors said the infant, Ron
ald Pedro Hall, is ll-16ths Ne
gro, 4-lBth white and 116th In
dian. Two great-grandparents
were white, the physician add
ed, and one was half-Negro and
half-Indian.
Lawrence Hall, the father, is
23. The mother is 19. .
Cantor's Grandson
Costs Him $10,000
Hollywood, Oct. 20 (AP)
Eddie Cantor's first grandson,
born Wednesday night to Mrs.
Joseph Metzger, cost the come
dian $10,000.
The beaming father said to
day that Cantor had promised
that sum to the first daughter
who made him a grandpa. Mrs.
Jimmy McHugh, another of Ed
die's five daughters, is expecting
a baby soon.
GRANTS PASS MAN HIT,
KILLED BY FREIGHT
San Francisco. Oct. 20 (AP)
Fred Heston Sheldon, Grants
Pass, Ore., carpenter employed
by the Southern Pacific railway,
was killed last night when struck
by a freight train near Webster,
the company office here said to
day. No further details were
available.
Bonneville Power
Portland, Ogt. 20. (AP)
Joseph C. Swidler, Tennessee
Valley Authority solicitor loan
ed to the Bonneville administra
tion for conference on mutual
problems, said today the Bonne
ville project had more potential
power at lower prices than the
TVA.
Floyd Hilton and Glen Young
Announce the Purchase of the
HOME BAKERY
229y2 EAST MAIN STREET
And Are Now Prepared To Offer
To The People of Southern Oregon the
FINEST QUALITY
Bread and Pastries
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SPECIAL for SATURDAY
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Port Orford Meteorite.
To the Editor:
I wonder how many of your
readers have ever heard of the
Port Orford meteorite. Last
July, when many people near
Portland were startled by a
brilliant meteor that flashed
through the sky, we were re
minded of the famous Willam
ette meteorite that was discov
ered in 1902 in Clackamas
county.
Recently, publicity has been
renewed regarding another re
markable object of this nature
which fell to earth in southern
Oregon many years ago. This
is Known as the Port Orford
meteorite. An Indian legend
tells of a brilliance that, was via.
ible in the vicinity of Port Or
ford before the coming of the
white men.
The next chapter in the his
tory of this strange visitor from
the sky is dated 1859, when Dr.
John Evans, government geolog
ist for Washington and Oregon,
was on an exploring trip in Ore
gon. On a bare western slope
of a mountain, which he esti
mated to be about 40 miles from
Port Orford, Dr. Evans discov
ered a Strang appearing rocky
mass, partly buried in the
ground. He thought the portion
above ground would weigh
about 22,000 pounds.
Probably surmising its true
nature, he sent samples to a
New York scientist, who in turn
sent a sample to Vienna, Austria,
for analysis. Both scientists
pronounced the material to be
of meteoric origin. When Dr.
Evans was informed, he planned
to again visit the locality of his
find. Efforts were made to in
terest scientific societies in as
sisting him to relocate the valu
able object. Before arrange
ments were enmnletnd Dr. Fvans
died and all definite knowledge
as to the location of the meteor
ite was lost.
Dr. J. Huch Prilett. nrnfpssnr
of Beolotrv nt. the ITnivpraitv nf
Oregon, has recently attempted
tnrougn newspaper articles to
revive interest in a search for
the meteorite and several per
sons have made the search with
out success. Anyone bold enough
to renew the hunt may find a
fortune on the western slope of
a mountain about 40 miles from
Port Orford.
A. W. Shepherd.
Medford. Ore., R F.D. Box 327.
October 18. 1939.
Hitler Would Quit.
To the Editor:
Amid all the conflicting, con
fusing reports that are coming
irom Europe, mere seems one
thing to be clear, and that is:
Hitler wants to quit. Whatever
his motive mav be. he reallv
seems to want to quit.
We certainly cannot think
that Daladier, Chamberlain and
their associates talk about con
tinuing the war simply because
they want to fight. They are
not monsters deliberately plot
ting the overthrow and destruc
tion of their people and the rest
of the world. They want to
quit, too, even as Hitler wants
to quit. They must know that
if they fight to end Hitler and
Hitlerism, they will also, at the
same time and by the same
means destroy themselves and
the system for which they stand.
Certainly they prefer to quit.
10 tne writer of this letter
the big issue seems the saving
oi race on ootn sides, enabling
tnem to get together without
losing standing before their own
people and the world. To that
end is a DroDosal made hv th
National Pace Conference. rerj-
resenting the entire peace move
ment oi mis country, and a pro
posal stated in almost iHpntiai
terms by the National Peace
council, a similar organization
in Great Britain: namely, let
there be formed at once a com
mission of neutral nations to sit
continually to find the way out.
The existence of such a com
mission would greatly hearten
men' in all countries who, like
Lloyd George, are urging an
immediate exploration of everv
avenue of peace. Would it not
be a test of the sincerity of
those who say they want peace
if the President would offer to
call such a commission into ex
istence, a commission ready to
meet and act on a moment's
notice? If anv bellluorent ..loi.
ing that it wants peace, refuses
this disinterested offer, let it
answer to its own war-weary
people and to a terror-stricken
world for its refusal.
Let those who long to see this
insanity cease, immediately wire
or write the President, pledging
him every support if he will
lead in summoning this council
of neutral nations.
Cordially yours.
J. J. Handsaker,
Associate Secretary, National
Council for Prevention of
War, Portland, Ore.
More Bonds and Bondage.
To the Editor:
The city, council has again
called a special election to vote
an additional $30,000 in bonds
for RELIEF. "Relief is a magic
word in this day and age, and
appeals to the sympathies as
well as to the greed of mankind
It is, therefore, proper to in
quire as to who and how many
will be "relieved" by this pro
posed bond issue.
As stated hv h nln o
000 of this amount is to be in.
vested in i7... . .
between Main and Jackson
streets east of Bear creek, to be
developed into a park. As this
is low-lvme and hoc i
-j i,,. "cover
ed by high water two or three
... in me Knowledge of living
citizens it is considered of little
f r".4 .n.W,''t is evidently
park. maKe a bul,y
The present ownership of this
property datPs hi, -Is
, - - "wviv ume 2u-
odd years, when it was bought
at bankrupt sale from the de
- .. ,ur sale e .
and no doubt it would be a
relief to these owners to cash
for $170 per acre. And some
relief would go to the g0
between.,, the bond-buyers and
who else ' Lord only knows."
Now, how much relief would
the "poor laboring man" get
out of the remaining $10,000?
The last several bond issues were
voted under the pretext of fur
nishing work for the unemploy
ed, but it will be remembered
that the contractors brought in
their big machines with their
crews to man them, and that
precious few local people were
employed. Most of the "relief"
went to the big steam shovels
and bulldozers.
Just who is behind this mad
scramble for bonds? Surely it
isn't the tavnavers. F.vprv Is.
sue increases tayps and hplnc tn
skyrocket our already enormous
Donaea aeDt. Ana every thirty
tnousand voted today will, by
addition of interest, amount to
more than sixty-thousand when
and if finally paid by the com
ing generation. We are still
paying on bonds, refunded or
otherwise, contracted two gen
erations ago. Do you wonder
why your taxes are so high and
why they are increasing every
year? The main reason is
bonds. Did you vote or these
bonds? Maybe not, but other
wise you stayed at home and
allowed the professional bond
voters to vote them. Do you
swear when you find your taxes
are increased? You have no
right to complain when you fail
to vote AGAINST bonds.
(To be continued.)
Wm. E. Phipps.
Snow Flake Ads to
Offer Suggestions
For Tasty Dishes
Human characters, typical of
the average home-lovine familv.
add special interest to a new se-
rips nf timplv nrlirprticnmAntc
now appearing in the Medford
Mail Tribune for Snow Flake
crackers.
Carefullv selected tvnps from
a great list of enthusiastic users
of the product, show mothers,
fathers and hannv rhtldrpn nn.
joying the many tasty combina
tions oi onow riaKes wnn soups,
salads, annetizers. cheese, snacks
and spreads.
Each headline suggests a sit
uation that arises constantly in
the meal planning activities of
a busy home-maker. In every
message one paragraph is de
voted to a timely "Suggestion
of the Week." This is a helpful
feature, particularly now when
fall appetites are keen and holi
day festivities are being planned.
Throughout the campaign lo
cal grocers are making special
displays of Snow Flakes in their
stores.
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of extinct trees. Ilation of 1,128,000 are Lutheran.
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Free Deliveries 8-10-2-4
Specials for Oct. 21 and 23
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1 lh tine 95f
2 lb. tins 49c
OVEN FRESH
Snowflake Sodas
2 lb. box
lb. box
27c 15c
Honey Maid AQ
Grahams, 2 lb. boxf$G
CRISCO
3 lb. Pails 49
6 lb. Pail. 98
SOAP SALE
Camay Toilet j
Soap, 3 bars I I C
Ivory Guest Soap A 5
3 bars CC
Ivory Soap, med. f"
size bar OC
Ivory Soap, large 4 "7
2 bars C
Ivory Flakes 4 T7
small, 2 Pkgs I I C
Ivory Flakes AJ
large pkg C
Lava Soap Q
bar O C
Oxydol 4QA
large pkg I t3w
Oxydol CQ m
giant pkg 30 C
large package 24 C
Dash m
giant pkg f ( Q
P. and G. Laundry Soap
giant size 9A
10 bar. Q f C
OK Laundry Soap
giant size
10 bar. 5)C
ONIONS
Local Sweet Spanish
10 lbs. 10c
POTATOES
Klamath Gem. jp
U.S. No. 2. 50 lb.. 40 C
Grapefruit Juice
for COU
No. 2 tin.. 3
Tomato Juice Del Rogue
No. 1 tin. OO t
4 can. bOw
Ca.e 48 can. S2.69
I! 4
Shortening
Pearl. J lb...
33c
dripless
Syrup tfgm
XPitchcrtA
With
37c
Karo Syrup
light or dark
5 lb. tins
MVIUHIH I
FREE DISH
2 lbs. 39c
MIRACLE WHIP
Pts. 21c Qts. 32c
Flagstaff Hardwheat
ba9 . $1 .39
Kitchen Queen
Hardwheat
49 lb. bags..
491b.
bags
Drifted Snow
Honey, Stewart's
local, S lb. pail
Jello, all flavors,
package
$1.49
Snow
$1.69
35c
5c
Baking Powder
Gold Label
10 oi. can
5c
Standard Fly Spray
P. 16c Qt. 26?
Gal. S5(
2 pkg. 23 C
Pitcher Free with 2 pkg..
Wheatie.
2 pkg.
23c
Pancake Flour
No. 10 bag. 48C
CORN, PEAS or
STRING BEANS
No. 303 tin
3 cans 25c
Case 24 can. 31.S9
Del Monte Corn Whole
Kernel Gold. Ban. 4 f
303 can 1 UC
Ca.e 24 cam S3. 29
Del Monte Pea. hp
No. 2 tin., 2 can. c?C
Caie 24 can. $2.79
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