Medford
RIBUNE
Full Associated Press
Full United Press
Thirty-fourth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1939.
No. 205.
Second
Section
Four
Pages
NAVAL GUIDEBOOK PRAY
BY LACK OF HELP
FAR OUTCLASSED
Britain Boasts 15 Capital
Ships to Five Under
Nazi Flag; Many Building
London, Nov. 17. (Fig
ures showing Great Britain's
overwhelming superiority in
numbers over the German navy
were published today in the lat
est issue of Jane's Fighting
Ships, authoritative British
naval annual.
Only in torpedo boats and
submarines did Germany lead.
A comparative table follows,
showing the class of vessel and
the number possessed at the be
ginning of the war by Britain
and Germany, respectively:
Capital ships, 15 including
two under reconstruction; five.
Aircraft carriers, six: none.
Heavy cruisers, 15; two.
Other cruisers, 43 including
two under construction: six.
Anti-aircraft ships, six includ
ing two under reconstruction.
, none.
Destroyers, 179; 22.
Submarines 57; 65.
Torpedo boats, none; 12.
Motor torpedo boats, 26; 30.
Losses Noted
(Since the beginning of the
war Great Britain officially has
acknowledged the loss of the
aircraft carrier Courageous, the
battleship Royal Oak, the sub
marine Oxlcy and an unidenti
fied destroyer. Germany has
acknowledged the loss of only
three submarines).
B r i t a i n's determination to
maintain this advantage was
shown by a construction pro
gram including nine battleships,
five cruisers and six aircraft
carriers against Germany's four
battleships, four heavy cruisers
and two aircraft carriers.
Heavy programs of construc
tion by France, Britain and the
United States were reported.
Scant information on new naval
building was available from
Soviet Russia and Japan.
Building Big Ones
Jane's says that four British
battleships of the Lion class to
be completed in the next five
years are believed designed to
have a displacement of between
40,000 and 50,000 tons.
Two of them, the Lion and
the Temeraire, will be com
pleted in 1943, the other two in
1944. All are to be armed with
16-inch guns. .
Five 35,000-ton battleships of
the King George V class will
be completed within the next
two years. They are to carry
14-lnch guns.
To Bar Rebuilding
Of Oil Shanty Town
Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 17.
(fP) Informed quarters said
today the Venezuelan govern
ment would forbid reconstruc
tion of the stilt-supported shanty
town of Lagunillas on Lake
Maracaibo, which was destroyed
Monday night by a disastrous
fire.
The village had long been
considered a firetrap, it was
said, but efforts to remove the
inhabitants to new homes on the
shore of the lake had proved
futile.
Closing time lor Too Late to Clas
lty Ads Is 1:30 p m.
Bank Robbery Witnesses
Fail to Note Description
of Bandits Or Autos
ever come to my attention."
Clyde Jensen, 24, got $3,400
when he held up the bank of
Sweet Home on the morning of
September 18. No one was able
to give a description of him, and
the police were in a fog as to
the robber's identity.
That afternoon Jensen went
into a Salem clothing store to
buy $100 worth of clothes. The
clerk, Harold A. Larson, became
suspicious when he saw Jensen's
roll of bills, so he told the rob
ber to come back later when his
clothes would be altered. Lar
son then called the police, who
were waiting when Jensen re
turned. Ready Confession
Jensen readily confessed
pleaded guilty in federal court
and now is serving 17 years in
a federal prison.
"If Larson hadn't have been
wide awake, we'd stiK be look
ing for that bank robber. And if
there had been some wide av, ke
persons like him at Gervais,
Canby and Portland, wc would
not have three unsolved bank
robberies on our hands. Pray
continued.
Larseu got $100 reward this
week from the surety company
which insures the bank's funds.
Don Upjohn, Salem Capitol
Journal columnist, had this to
say about an attorney general's
ruling that it is illegal to give
door prizes at cooking schools:
"The wonu-n now, to have
their fun. will have to revert to
the dog races and horse races
which the state considers are
just a couple of little legitimate
pieces of fun."
Cal-Oregon Hereford
Beef In Free Offer
As a means of further pub
licizing the Cnl-Oregon Here
ford Breeders association auc
tion, recently held in this city.
the Liberty Market will give to
its customers half of a steer
purchased in the auction by the
Thumbler Meat company, ac
cording to Emil Pech. Two
pounds of this prize steer beef
will be given with every dollar
purchase at the Liberty Market
tomorrow as long as the half
steer lasts.
"This special offer will afford
southern Oregon p. iple an op
portunity of enjoyii.g some of
the prize steer beef featured in
the recent auction sale" Mr.
Pech said today.
Teachers Profit
Portland, Nov. 17. (P) The
school board knocked three days
off Christmas vacation today to
provide teachers with a Hi per
cent wage increase in 1940. Pay
ment for the extra work will
total $50,168.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ads It 1:'J0 p m.
Use MaU Tribune want ads.
By Paul W. Harvey. Jr.
Salem, Nov. 17 (IP) One of
the most disgusted men in Ore
gon is Superintendent of State
Police Charles P. Pray, who is
bemoaning the fact that witnes
ses won't give him any help in
solving the recent bank rob
beries in Gervais, Canby and
Portland.
The same men may have been
Involved in all three robberies
that yielded more than $21,000
loot, yet none of the witnesses
could describe the robbers or the
ears in which they mads their
getaway.
Public Aid Needed
Pray doesn't expect the vic
tims to be able to give much
help because "people can't look
down a gun barrel and at the
same time remain calm enougr
to get good descriptions." But
what he does expect is help
from other witnesses.
"You know, we officers can't
be every place a crime is com
mitted at the time' it is com
mitted," Pray said. "We have
to rely on help from the public.
"The public must use its eyes.
It isn't the power of observation
that's so important, but it is f
willingness to observe that
.ounts."
In the bank robbery at Port
land, two of the robbers were
seen looking into the bank win
dow for a half hour beiore they
struck. Yet none of the witnesses
reported this until after the
hold-up, and none noticed their
carefully enough to give a good
description.
No Presence of Mind
Two persons saw the Gervais
holdup, yet each gave a differ
ent description of the robber.
At Canby, several persons saw
the robbers make their getaway,
but none had presence of mind
to get the license number oi
the car.
An instance of a man keeping
his eyes open was cited by Pray
as "the most remarkable in
stance of observation that has
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Wednesday. Nov. 17 io 22 inclu. in Medford and Central Point
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Snowflak3
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Honey
Brn. Sugar
Pvd. Sugar
Sodas
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Cake
Flour
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. head 5c
SOLID HEADS
Celery 2 for 15c
Apples, Rome Beauty . bOX 98c
Cauliflower . . . head 5c
Oranges, Valencia 3 doz. 25c
SWEET AND JUICY
, Produce Prices Effective Saturday Only
Fresh Coffee
Airway
Lb 130
3 lb 350
Nob Hill Z5 7
Lb 200 M.
2 lb 390 &
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2 lb 450
Flour
Kitchen Craft
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Harvest Blossom
49 lb.
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Alrlight J 4 A Q
49 lb. bag 4) . I 9
$1.39
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CHERUB MILK tall tins . .... 3 for 19c
OLEOMARGARINE Robin Hood . 2 lbs. 25c
SYRUP Sleepy Hollow Cane & Maple . 5 lb. tin 69c
SuPurb Granulated Soap . Large pkg. 20c
TANG The New Lunch Meat Sensation 12 oz. tin 25c
KOOL CIGARETTES 2 packages 25c
Candy
Broken Mix, Satin
Mix, or Old Fash
ioned Chocolates
2 lb. baa
Holiday Chocolate!
2V4 lb. box .....590
Dorothy Duncan Chocolates,
lb. tin 69
Borax
Christmas tiffifo
0M . N T
20 Mule Team Borax, lg. pkg 25c
Borax Chipi, 22 oi. pkg 230
RINSO
Giant size
Pkg.
59c
CRISCO
Popular Holiday
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3 lb. tin
49C
Ivory Flakes
Lgepkg.20c
Camay
Toilet Soap
3 bars 19c
White King
Granulated Soap
Giant pkg.
51c
Waldorf
Soft and
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4 rolls
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ZEE
Plain or
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Stokely's
Honey Pod Peas
No. 2 iln
2 for
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Calumet, 2V4 lb. tin ea. 47?
Clabber Girl, 32 os. tin ea. 190
Boiled Cider Kerr's pt. bottle 190
Asparagus, Del Monte
Early Garden No. 2 tin 190
Mushrooms
Jacobs whole buttons 4 ox. tin 230
Peas, Del Monte Early Garden
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Pumpkin, Del Monle No. 2V4 tin 100
Sweet Potatoes
Del Monte No. 21 tin 2 for 350
Stringiest Beans, No. 2 tint 3 tor 25c
Corn, Llndy golden bantam
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Peat, Llndy select sieve,
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Tomatoet, Josephine choice pack
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Crab Meat, Chatka fancy ... VS lite iln 290
Oysters, Pellaco fancy pack. ...5 ot. tin 100
Shrimp, Pellaco dry pack fancy
5 ox .tin 2 for 250
Pop Corn, Jolly Time
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Pop Corn, fey. bulk sure pop 3 lb- 250
Brown Derby Beer, 12 ox. tin
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Case of 24 $2.29
Port
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Muscatel
and other
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Meat Savings for
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Lb. . 19c
BeeC Pot Roast
Lb. . 15c
Pork Steak
Lb. . 15c
Fresh Ground
Hamb'ger lb. 10c
Fresh Oysters
Pint . 15c
Veal Steak or
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Meat Prices Effective Saturday Only
Ripe Olivet, Lindsay med. tixe
No. 1 tin . 2 for 250
Chocolate, Baker'i bitter.... Vi lb. pkg. 170
Hlit, the popular holiday
cracker lge. pkg. 210
Vanilla, Schilling! 4 ox. bottle 490
Currants, new crop. 12 ox. pkg. 100
Datet, Dromedary pitted or
unpltted pkg. 130
Fruit Peels Citron, Lemon,
Orange lb. 330
Mixed Fruit Peelt lb. pkg. 370
Raisins, teeded or seediest,
IS-ox. pkg 2 for 150
Gelatine, Knox reg. pkg. 190
Royal Puddingt reg. site pkg. 50
Strawberry Pretervet
Kerr't 2 lb. Jar 350
Apple Butter. Kerr't 3 lb. tin 390
Mayonnaise. Piedmont full qi. jar 350
Salad Dressing, Duchett qt. Jar 250
None-Such Mince Meat 2 pkg. 250
Walnutt, Oregon med. toft thell
Franquetie lb. 190
Tea. Canterbury Orange
Pekoe V4 lb. pkg. 290
Vinegar. Highway SO grain qt. Jar 130
Cocomali IS ot. tin 430
Lg. pkg.
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Qt.
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Include two National
Biscuit Shredded Wheat
(three for larger Turkey)
in your Turkey Dressing.
You'll have a rich nut
like flavor and a fluffineta
that cannot be obtained
any other way.