Medford
Tribune
Full Associated Press
Full United Press
Thirty-fourth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1939.
No. 229.
Second
Section
Six
Pages
YULE SHOPPING
IN 1ST AREAS
Lagging Tendency in Some
Sections . Seen Due To
) Unfavorable Weather.
New York, Dec. 15. (TP)
Christmas shopping this week
brought an expansion in retail
trade activity, Dun & Bradstreet
Inc., credit agency reported to
day. The company, however, noted
"spottiness" in buying.
"Retailers," the report said,
"were inclined to be more mod
. erate in their expectations for
the full holiday season, although
considering weather conditions
mainly responsible for the lag
ging tendency. ...
"Wholesale buying was again
restricted, with both records of
seasonal merchandise and pur
chases for spring in small vol
ume." Concerning retail business,
the agency said:
Industrial Areas Gain
"The increase in the dollar
volume of trade over the cor
responding week of last year
was estimated between 6 and
10 percent. ... In some indus
trial areas of the east and mid
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dle west, buying was up by IS
to 20 percent.
"In drought-stricken areas of
the southwest, however, sales
were sharply below last year.
. . . Year-to-year percentage in
creases over 1938 for other re
gions were estimated for the
week as follows: New England,
6 to 13; east, S to, 11; south,
7 to 12: middlewest, 5 to 10;
northwest, 2 to 6; and Pacific
coast, 1 to 3."
Of wholesale trade Dun 4
Bradstreet said:
"Advance purchase for spring
as well as recorders of seasonal
goods were in comparatively
small volume.
"Buyers, however, reported
that deliveries over recent
weeks had been better than pre
viously expected."
10 N1HEA1G
Portland, Dec. 15. tfP)
Nicholas Dozenberg left for
New York by train last night
in the custody of federal officers
returning him to face a passport
violation charge.
New York federal authorities
charge he loaned his naturaliza
tion papers to Earl. Browder,
head of the communist party in
America, so Browder could ob
tain a passport to travel in Rus
sia. Dozenberg, 57, was arrested
last Saturday at Bend, Ore.,
where he was found operating
a grocery store.
He was described as one of
the founders of the communist
party in America by U. S. Dis
trict Attorney Carl Donaugh.
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' Vehicles Increase.
Salem. (U.R) There were
374,538 motor vehicles regis
tered in Oregon November 30,
the secretary of state reported
This was an increase of 3.36
per cent over last year's fig
ure at the same time. Included
were 305,392 private passenger
automobiles, 1071 exempt cars,
638 busses, 29,082 light deliv
ery trucks, 39,663 trucks and
1 1693 motorcycles.
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CHINESE ATTACK
AT MANY POINTS;
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Japs Stopped From Consoli
dating Hold on Nanning
Yangtze Points Retaken.
Hongkong, Dec. 15. iJP)
Chinese reported today their
forces had made simultaneous
attacks at scattered points from
the south coast as far north as
the Yellow river.
Although the attacks did not
develop into a unified offensive,
Chinese said that on the vital
Kwangsi province front they
prevented the Japanese from
consolidating their hold on Nan
ning, potentially a base for Jap
anse land and air operations
in the deep south.
Co-ordinated sabotage by
plainclothes agents and regular
guerrilla attacks, the Chinese
said, undermined Japan's hold
both on Hangchow, Chekiang
province capital and port, and
on Nanchang, capital of Kiangsi
province.
Jap Barracks Destroyed
In both, they declared, Jap
anese barracks, supply centers
and ; puppet government head
quarters were destroyed.
North of Changsha, in Hunan
province, the Chinese reported
recapture of several points on
the south bank of the Yangtze
river and of several Japanese
posts between the Yangtze and
the Yellow river.
Having exhausted the momen
tum of the early stages of their
drive to cut off essential Chi
nese supply routes connecting
South China with Burma and
French Indo-China, the Japan
ese were said to have halted in
the mountain passes about 30
miles northeast of Nanning.
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GROUNDED BY HOLLYWOO D "Isn't that s
laush?" asked Rosroe Turner, speed flyer, as he finished playing
a film role as an aviator having stayed on the (round through
out the filming. Producers, nary of their star, hired a double for
the stunts. Turner, seen with Jran Parker, used to do dangerous
stunts for the movies before filmland decided to feature him,
Enemy Envoys Well Spaced
At White House Reception
By Beth Campbell
Washington, Dec. 15 (P) Smiling diplomats, resplendent
In gold braid, plumed hats and clanking swords, thronged the
White House last night for a reception which, on the surface,
moved as smoothly as if there were no war abroad.
It was a victory for state de-1
partment protocol, which kept
the representatives of unfriend
ly nations from meeting face to
face.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
greeting the envoys of 53 coun
tries, shook hands successively
with the Chinese and Japanese
delegations and a little later re
ceived representatives of Spain,
Soviet Russia and Great Britain
in that order.
Careful spacing by aides kept
the groups from rubbing shoul
ders in the reception line. After
it broke up, little knots formed
in the state dining room as dis
tinct .as. if . they were miles. in
stead of feet apart.
Leave Early
Nobody appeared to rush
away, but an hour and a half
after the party started at 9 p.m.,
all the chiefs of mission had left
the White House. ;
Whether the envoys from war
ring countries were talking to
members of their own staffs or
to other diplomats, they smiled
broadly as if they were having
such a good time they did not
want to leave. And polite
guests saw to it no ambassador
or minister was marooned with
his own group -for long.
The Finnish minister, Hjal
mar Procope, was greeted
warmly wherever he turned. At
one point, Finnish and German
envoys were the centers of ad
Jacent groups, but Procope
moved toward the refreshment
table for a cup of punch with
the South African minister and
others.
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Ashland, Dec. 15. (Spl) H.
L. Claycomb, proprietor of the
Claycomb Motor company and
Ford agency here for over 14
years, today announced that con
tracts have been arranged for
sale of the agency and lease of
the building to Tom Henderson,
Yreka Ford dealer, contingent I
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upon approval of dealership
franchise transfer by the Ford
Motor company. Such approval
is deemed a virtual certainty by
Claycomb.
Inventory will be taken Jan
uary 8, with all parts and shop
tools being sold on that basis,
and Henderson, recently with
the Besser and Henderson com
pany in Yreka, will take ovor
the local business January 10.
Claycomb Retains Part
Under the deal, Claycomb
will retain his distribution
agency for gasoline, oil and
fuel oil, and will operate the
service, station end of .the busi
ness. .
FRUIT, VEGETABLES
Salem. (U.R) State depart
ment of agriculture inspectors
intercepted 814,825 pounds of
fruit and vegetables in Novem
ber that failed to comply with
the state horticultural laws.
In all cases, except a quan.
tity of wormy apples which
were ordered dumped, the prod
ucts were released as soon as
grading, labeling, or quarantine
regulations were met. Twenty-
five bags of potatoes found to
be short eight were ordered
filled. v
In addition to produce, 135
sacks of flour were dumped
because the inspectors found
they contained weevil, and 1700
pounds of dried fruits were
ordered burned as unfit for
human consumption.
Overlooks Tides
San Francisco (U.R) Anton
Zmak, 30, never had the advan
tage of a university course In
oceanography and therefore
knew nothing about tides. Own
ing a horse with an infected
foot, he tied it under a wharf
so its foot could soak in sea
water. Then he went uptown.
When he came back, tho tide
had come in and his horse was
up to its chin in water.
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EFFECTIVE DEC 20th
Exompes.- '
San Francisco $5.10 $9.20
Sacramento . . 4.90 8.85
Fresno .... 8.0S 14.50
Los Angeles . . 10.9S 19.75
Depoli 8th and So. Central
Phonei 755
ARMY AIR CORPS
URGENTLY IN NEED
OF FLYING CADETS
Year's Training, Commission
In Reserve Reward For
Young Men Who Qualify.
Four hundred qualified appli
cants for flying cadet appoint
ment are needed by the U. S.
army air corps for each of the
next three classes to be started
In February, March and May,
Sgt. William M.,Daws, head of
the air corps unit at Medford
municipal airport was notified
today.
Applicants may procure com
plete information and applica
tion blanks from Sgt. Daws at
the airport or from Staff Sgt.
Willis S. Estep, recruiter, at his
office in city hall.
To qualify for appointment,
applicants must have had two
years of college study or be
capable of passing a mental ex
amination; they must be able to
pass a rigid physical examina
tions; they must be 21 to 27
years old.
Year Training
If appointment is made, the
applicant is sent by the air corps
to an aeronautical school for
three months and If he qualifies
at the end of this period he goes
to an army field for nine months
of flight training. If he is suc
cessful in passing the course,
he is commissioned a second
lieutenant in the air corps re
serve.
"This is the best opportunity
offered in several years for
early appointment of qualified
applicants," said Sgt. Daws in
urging men interested in flying
to register without delay.
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as a wise giver with
very youngster who
gets a pair of these
states. , . Nickel plated
over copper plating,
cushioned trucks, bali
bearing wheels. . . Real
leather straps. . ..Three
models.
YEAR IN
AND YEAR OUT
your thoughtfulness will
be remembered li you give
a Washer from "Weslern
Auto." , , Many snow white
beauties, with gentle wash
ing high vane agitators
automatic drain pumps
safety wringers balloon
rolls . . . and every worth
while leature a woman will
ask for. Savings that can't
dc equalled
terms on all
models , . I
Cloekt and Watehei
A beautiful pocket QQft
watch lor only . . SJOC
Wrist Watches strap or
link styles, $2.11 & $2.98
Alarm Clacks, high grade
smart duslgn, S8c & $1.43
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'REAL' REFORM SAYS
U.S. CHAMBER LEADER
Boston, Doc. 15. (T) De
claring business man agement
welcomes "real reform, prop
erly timed, which is not so bur
densome as to be disastrous to
our people's future," W. Gibson
Carey, Jr., president of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce, today urged the govern
ment refrain from measures so
drastic as to "undermine the
dynamic quality of our eco
nomic system,"
Although not mentioning the
new deal by name, Carey com
mended somcof its obiectives.
and at the same time criticizecM
some of its methods.
In an address prepared for
New England members of the
national chamber, meeting in
conjunction with a quarterly
conference of the New England
Association of Commercial Ex
ecutives, Carey predicted capi
tal ultimately, with the lifting
of "excessive burdens," would
"find its way into productive
enterprise in a spiralling vol
ume which can well bring real
prosperity."
Carey said it was his belief
business management favored
social security, old age pensions,
unemployment Insurance, "some
moderate law" regulating secur
ity exchanges, downward re
vision of tariffs, aid for farm
ers and "adequate relief." An
."attempt to stimulate housing
ana loans to certain industries
and banks," also were accepted,
he said.
LaGrande. (U.R) Fred Culp,
LaGrande highway department
employe, received the number
1405 for his 1940 license plates,
the same as. he had for 1939.
Culp figured his chances of
receiving the same number as
one in 100,000.
Please
Youngsters
Flyer..!
Easy Terms
and youngsters.
There's no finer
gift for anyone
than a radio, and
no finer radios
than Western
Air Patrols. Many
models table
and console sets,
battery operated
models and, of
course, the new
portables that
play anywhere.
Give more and
better presents with TABLE SETS
your radio savings sftjssmset
at Western Auto . . 1 9C95
LOW as 4f
CONSOLES
Up to $89.95
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Aula Clocks and Fan
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Auto Horn BattoriM
Clock Mirror
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RoadlllM Scat Covor
Tool ood Tacklo Boxm
Toneisi Backets
Wind Wiaas
HUNDREDS Of OTHERS
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OF
DO OUTSIDE BUSINESS
Salem. (U.R) Nurseries In
Oregon and Washington bring
a gross income of $7,000,000
annually, J. S. Wieman of the
nursery service of the state de
partment of agriculture here
said. Nurseries in the two states
utilize about 9.000 acres of land.
Eighty per cent of the Ore
gon output is distributed to
other states and foreign na
tions, Wieman said, Rose ship
ments from Oregon now aver
age about 35 carlots a year, and
other ornamental nursery stocks
amount to 110 can annually,
he said.
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In the center of social and
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Direction of KARL . ABBOTT
Harmon Hogonbuekio, Mgr.
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of Sporty WAGONS
A regular $1.93 wagon with
27x12x3 inch steel body, 6
inch disc wheels and
Va inch rubber tires.
Durable green enam
eled, silver undergear.
SALE
PRICE
As Illustrated a big De Luxe sleel wagon 10-Inch
wheels . . . roller bearings, y-inch rubber tires and
35x16 inch bed. Regular price $4.98. C AO
BALE PRICE 93yQ
A Beauty All Steel. 7 Inch double disc wheels,
28xjx3r4 Inch bodyf green with red wheels. . .
Regular price $2.93. C
SALE PRICE-! vJ&Oy
Regular $3.96 All Steal
Model 36x16 inch
body. AYt Inches deep.
10 inch wheels, roller
bearings. Very sturdy.
SALE C M
PRICE 93Jl7
Auto Accessories
always please. . Many
more bargains besides
those listed here .
Uh llocolTor Aulo Horns
Bicyclo Horai
Cortiiicalo Holdort
Cigar Liahtora Cushions
Exhaust Fishtails .
. f ondor Slash Guards'
Flashlights
Ooanhitt talk Goaglss
Grill Guards
ticonso Franss
Locking Gas Tank Caps
Foador Guidss Xoy Costs
Picnic Jugs
Pockot Inivs
Sid Mirrors Spotlights
Storing Enobs
Tool Boxss Tsnnis Bails
Vacuum Bottlos
Vanity Mirrors
Wrsnch Sots
Ash RsctWvrs
Aulo Clocks
Auto Hoators Aula fans
Auto Horns
BlcTcls CycloRiotsrs
icvcia norns
vela Horns
BIctcU Headlights
cyclo Hsadligl
B level a TIim
Cigar Ughttrs
Clock Mirrors Cushions
Flashlights
Olovoo Grills Guards
Horn Ring Buttons
Lunch Kits
RoadJitss
tost Covers o Sido Mirrors
Tool Boxss
Tfsnis Rsckats
Windshlold Wlpsis
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