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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. JANUARY 14. 1940. PAGE THREE LOCALand Fined $5 Bob Rowland of Klamath Falls was fined $5 in city court Saturday for driv ing a vehicle without an oper ator's license. Take Course Mrs. Margar et Lyons, instructor at the Med ford School of Beauty Culture was to leave today for San Francisco to take a short post graduate course in beauty cul ture. Kiwanis Speaker Dr. Edwin R. Durno, Medford physician and surgeon, will address lilt weekly luncheon-meeting of the Kiwanis club in the Hotel Med ford at 12:10 p. m. tomorrow. Dr. Durno will talk on "Pre paid Medical Care." Recovered Mrs. Anna Ruch. owner of the pioneer general store at Ruch, has recovered sufficiently from influenza to be about again, it was stated yesterday by her sister, Mrs. F. K. Bigalow of 710 Dakota street. It was the first time in 23 years that Mrs. Ruch had ' been confined to bed by illness. Censored Calendar Mrs. D. E. Gould of 25 North Peach street yesterday received a cal endar from her sister, Mrs. F. D. Kent of Bowes Park, Lon don. The calendar was mailed December 20 but was delayed in transit because it had to pass through a war news censor. Transit was accomplished via Boston. New Residence George Cur rier of 311 Hamilton street ap plied at the city building in spector's office yesterday for a permit to construct a new resi dence and private garage at a stated cost of $1,000. Walter Haring of 847 East Ninth street applied for a permit to remodel a residence at a stated cost of $300. - Job Tests U. S. civil ser vice commission yesterday announced an open competi tive examination to recruit young college graduates for ju nior professional and scientific positions in the federal govern' ment at starting salaries of $2000 a year. The examination will be titled "junior profes sional assistant". Applications for the examination must be on file in Washington, D. C, not later than February 8. Com plete information regarding the jobs and qualifications there for may be procured at Med ford postoffice from Stanley G Sherwood, acting secretary of the local board of civil service examiners. Enrolled Harry E. Young, Jr., 311 South Oakdale avenue, was the only Oregonian among the 42 new students who en tered Parks Air college at East St. Louis, 111., at the beginning of the winter term, an an nouncement from the college yesterday stated. The Medford youth registered for a two year course in aviation opera tions. If he successfully com pletes the course, the college announcement said, he will be qualified educationally for op erations work with commercial airlines or the flying division of the army air corps or naval reserve. After being graduated from Central Point high school. Mr. Young attended the South ern Oregon College of Educa tion. to aatLfJrffl sfwrm (111111111 FUEL BARGAINS Dry Pine Slabwood $5. Full 200 cu. ft. Full 150 cu. ft. Full 100 cu. ft. PERSONAL Small Fire Slight damage was done by fire yesterday to a room attached to the garage at the residence of Eugene Thorndike, 617 Dakota street. The blaze was caused by an overheated stove in the room, firemen reported. The fire burned through a wall of the room and scorched the furni ture. Firemen answered a ward alarm at 9:05 a.m. On Leave Harold T. Pierce is spending a ten-day leave of absence from the U. S. navy with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Pierce, at their home in Central Point. The youth re cently completed his prelimin ary training course at San Diego and will be assigned, to duty at the expiration of his leave. He enlisted in the navy through the Medford recruiting office last November 14. To Market Mrs. E. T. Burel son, owner of Burelson's wom en's ready-to-wear store, plans to leave this morning by Uni ted Mainliner for Los Angeles where she will attend merch andize market. She expects to purchase much new spring mer chandise from both leading eastern and western manufac turers. On her return trip she will stop in San Francisco to attend market there. She ex pects to be gone about a week Plane Passengers H. J. Blss ner arrived by United Mainlin er yesterday afternoon from Los Angeles and Vic Vettel United Air Lines radio technic ian, left on the same plane for Portland, and Roland Halper, United station attendant here, from Seattle, Wash. Miss M Walker arrived by Mainliner from Portland early Friday evening. Mr. Halper left for Seattle by Mainliner Friday af ternoon. Dates Changed Bi-monthly meeting day of the Jackson County Public Health associa tion has been changed from the third to the fourth Thursday of the month, it was announced yesterday by Mrs. J. C. S Weills, president. Next regular meeting will be held January 25 at 2 p.m. in the Jackson county courthouse auditorium. The change has been made, it was explained, to enable Ash land members to attend. In the past there has been a conflict with the date of a clinic in which the Ashland members are particularly interested. Skiing Good Skiing condi tions in Crater Lake national park yesterday were described by rangers as "very good". Three inches of powder snow covered a deep layer of normal packed snow. The novice trail was in good condition, the can yon trail 'was in fair condition and the Annie Spring trail was still closed because the tops of some small trees remained ex posed, the rangers stated. Park roads were covered with packed snow and tire chains were needed for safety. Clear weather prevailed yesterday. Maximum temperature was 32 degrees, minimum, 7, lowest this season to date. Airport Arrivals Seven army planes, en route from Fort Lewis, Wash., to Califor nia points to take part in war games, stopped at Medford mu nicipal airport yesterday for fuel. All but one were Doug-1 las observation planes. One was a Douglas amphibian, piloted by Capt. H. H. Northrop. Each plane carried a full crew. Pi lots of observation planes wore Lieuts. O. J. Mosman, G. A Gilbert, W. H. Williamson, A. B. Edwards, R. W. Gustafson and H. E. Hammers. Another arrival yesterday was Jerry Coigny who came over from Grants Pass in his Luscombe He returned to Grants Pass af ter a visit here. Maj. G. H. Gale arrived Friday from Fort Lewis in a Douglas observation plane and left as soon as his ship had been serviced for Mof fett field, Sunnyvale, Cal. Dae Mall Tribune want ads. READY TO USE FOR A HEAPING 300 CU. FT. LOAD DELIVERED IN CITY LIMITS Load $3.65 Load S3. 00 Load S2.35 '4G0 PLANES TAKF PART IN RAID ON FINNISHJCAPITAL (continued from page one) period of the undeclared war with Finland and denied as an "utter" and "childish" lie re ports of foreign agencies that Finnish troops "have broken through the front in all direc tions, crossed the soviet frontier and waged operations on the ter ritory of the U.S.S.R." The communique also said for eign agencies used "supernatu ral fantasy" in reporting the 44th soviet division "lost 14,000 men in the Suomussalmi battle and denied reports that the lone rail road connecting Leningrad and the northern port of Murmansk had been cut by the Finns. Finnish officers said the 44th soviet division was cut to pieces early this month. Denying reports that Russia had called in German officers to reorganize the red army, the communique said: "We believe that only animal tear before the prospect of a military bloc between Germany and the U.S.S.R. could dictate to the gentlemen from the French agency this stupid and extraordinary lie. Japan Crisis Grows In tlj Far East, Japan's cab inet crisis became greater, with Japanese army and government leaders exerting strong pressure on Prince Fumimaro Konoye, president of the privy council, to become premier again. It was believed in some political cir cles, that he would accept and would replace Premier General Nobuyuki Abe, whose resigna tion was expected today (Sun day). In Madrid, authorities an nounced conclusion of a new French-Spanish trade agreement which was expected to restore commerce almost to the 1933 level of 2,000,000,000 francs (about $45,000,000). In Berlin, Germany's Jews found that their ration cards for the period from January 15 to tea, 11 did not provide for 125 grams (almost four and one-half ounces) of meat or vegetables such as peas, beans and lentils. Jews must have the letter "J" stamped on their ration cards. EN LEG Brownsville, Tex.. Jan. 13. (IP) Artie Shaw, the maestro of swing, went to Mexico for a va cation and came back to the states with a broken leg to night. Shaw received his injury at Acapulco while rescuing Ann Chapman, Geneva College for women student, but the band leader got away without ex plaining what he saved her from, or how. He boarded a northbound Braniff Airways plane for Hollywood. Some time ago Shaw's health broke and he said he was going to quit the music business. He went to Mexico for a rest. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. TURN TO PAGE 13 FOR THE LATEST ADVENTURES OF THIS COMIC-STRIP FAVORITE Volunteer in a war he didn't care who won! a flight on hit handi. But he didn't dream he'd have a fight a fight for hit life and another's in a war ha didn't care who won and for which he volunteered. Never hat the most famout flier in fiction found himielf 'n a ttrenger tituatien or a more deadly at you'll tee, in Hal ' Forreit't daily ttrip now in The Mail Tribune UW TO TESTIFY AT MURDER QUIZ Aberdeen, Jan. 13. MP) Authorities began issuing sub poenas for about. 50 persons tonight who will be questioned at an inquest Monday into the death of Mrs. Dick Law, wife of a C. I. O. union official. The inquest was called, Pros ecutor Stanley Krause said, to compel members of a union and the Workers' federation who announced they would not give I information voluntarily to in-1 vestigating officers. The an nouncement was made as a climax to charges of "police inefficiency" and a "reign of terror." Krause said that Law would be called to testify at the in quest. R. J. Ultican, chairman of the Grays Harbor county com missioners, announced he would seek authorization for a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the killer. The city already has offered a $250 reward. E Eugene, Jan. 13. (IP) Be ginning Monday, the retail price of white and wheat pound loaves of bread will be re duced from ten to nine cents and the pound and a half loaves from fourteen to thir teen cents, the Lane county bakers' association announced loday. The cut was made to follow a trend established in down state bread price wars. Transfer Forester Missoula, Mont., Jan. 13. UP) Regional Forester Evan W. Kelley announced today the transfer of Forest Supervisor Charles D. Simpson from the Cocur D'Alene national forest in north Idaho to the Whitman national forest in eastern Ore gon. German Crew Sails . New York, Jan. 13. (IP) More than 500 members of the ship's company of the scuttled German liner Columbus will leave tomorrow night for their homeland by way of the Pa cific. , Boat Curb Seen Pittsburgh, Jan. 13. (IP) Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D., Mont.), chairman of the senate committee on interstate com merce, predicts congress will adopt legislation empowering the interstate commerce com mission to regulate river trans portation. Home From Jaunt Victoria, Jan. 13. (IP) Bronzed from months of travel in the South seas, Fred and Tom Hartzell of Seattle, who sailed from Victoria 16 months ago on the "adventure of their lives" aboard the Lorna D for Tahiti, were back in Victoria today. Raid Nets Fine Portland, Jan. 13. (IP) Forty-seven persons, . including Chinese gambling operators and players, were fined in munici pal court yesterday. Operators were fined $20 and visitors $10 When Tommy tterted eerott the Pacific toward Elvania ha knew ha had TAILSPIN TOMMY IN DETROIT CASE BEGETS SCANDAL Detroit, Jan. 13. (AH Police Commissioner Frank D. Eaman, appointee of Detroit's new mayor, Edward J. Jeffries, created a sensation tonight by removing his next in command. Superintendent Fred W. Frahm. on charges of "neglect of duty." The removal order, develop ing in connection with a mysti fying robbery case involving the disappearance of two de tectives, was followed immedi ately by Frahm's announcement of his resignation. His removal had been technically a suspen sion. Just before Frahm's removal Chief of Detectives John A. Hoffman, for 28 years a mem ber of the police department, had asked to be retired because of "inferences of improper con duct" which he said Commis sioner Eaman had made to him. The actions climaxed a long investigation into a robbery last summer for which four men arc now on trial. The two missing detectives arc state witnesses in the case. The victim was supposed to have been returned $1,000 by the detectives, but he said he never received it. - Heads Oregon Fairs Portland, Jan. 13. (A') Her man H. Chindgren, Molalla, was re-elected president of the Oregon Fairs association here today. Others re-elected in cluded Mrs. Mabel H. Chad wick, Eugene, secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Willard Herman, director. B L I S S-He fooled yon, did T. Berry Braielton, Jr., of Waco, Tex., who plays the heroine, a brhie, !n Princeton University's Triangle club play, "Any Mo ment Now." LOOKS 9 FEELS Iff. !'l MEASURES From massive, die-cast radiator grill to grace ful, built-in trunk, Otda has tha look of a bigger and batter car. Its sparkling, chrome -trimmed front-end ensemble reflects aas and quality. HANDLES, PERFORMS RIDES It's theeatiavt handling car on the road this 1040 Oldsmoblle with Dual Center Control Steering, improved Handl-Shift and self-energising Hydraulic Brakes to give you effortless control. (D)IIJESKn(D)IBnffiI3 PRICED TOR EVERYBODY L CAUSE OP PROBE Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 13 (U.R Testimony that high school students at the tiny Walker Mine community high in the Sierra Nevadas were taught nude art, "in detail." was presented the state teachers retirement board today in the case of Ethel Davis, former Walker Mine teacher. The Plumas county board of education, seeking to compel re tirement of Mrs. Davis on grounds she is physically and mentally unit to teach, obtained the hearing. Mrs. Merle Moody, former at tendance and child welfare supervisor in the county, testi fied Mrs. Davis taught her young, students art from a library book which included "descriptions of every part of the body." Mrs. Moody quoted the teacher as saying on one occasion that "this girl can draw the back of a nude woman very well, but some of the boys draw other parts of the anatomy better." Asked whether the book of art drawings had any suggestion of obscenity, Mrs. Moody said she did not examine it carefully, but in any case "it was not the pic tures but the way it was pre sented." Mrs. Moody was sent to Walker Mine April, 1939, to in vestigate Mrs. Davis' suspension of two of her five students. She spent two days at the school and said Mrs. Davis "admitted she didn t know anything about what she was teaching." Plan Liner Carriers wasnington, Jan. 13 (IP) The maritime commission's yiam ior construction of two huiiii iiners, unsigned for imiIo'.- conversion into aircraft carriers In time of war, have advanced to a point where bids win k. invited shortly, officials sale to- Proclaims Travel Year Washington, Jan. 13. (IP) President Roosevelt, noting that the European war would 'deter travel by American citizens to belligerent areas, todav nrn. claimed 1940 "Travel America Year" and asked the American people to do their vacationing in western nemtsphere nations. Pre-School Party All child ren who are to enter Roose velt school for the first time January 22 were invited yester day to attend a gct-acqualnted party In room 1 of the school Tuesday afternoon from 2-18 to 3:30. Eligible for beginning their schooling this term are all boys and girls who will be six years old on or before March 1. LlI3n(E(!nB Take the wheel and you get the feel of a bigger and better car the steadiness on the road that makes for true peace of mind, the balanced dis tribution of weight so necessary to real stability. Iiffg g More power la yours in the 1D40 Olds Sixty with a new 95 H. P. Econo-Mestar Engine that eavaa still more on gaa and oil. Think of it smoother, snappier perfonnence at lower cost! Richmond. Va., Jan. 13. (IP) A wedding ring, discovered in an imported frankfurter, is en route to the rightful owner in Denmark, thanks to Miss Eliza beth Leaf, of the State Planters Bank and Trust company of Richmond. After finding the ring, she ascertained the brand of the hot dog, and traced it through a New York importer to a Danish packer who had lost it two years before. New Mexico Windy Clayton, N. M., Jan. 13. (IP) Snow driven by a high wind struck this area about 7 a. m. land continued through the morning. The temperature drop ped below freezing. Too Late to Classify FOR 8 ALE Good Klsmath alfalfa, first and n-roncl cutting, cull potutofs. Brahs Urol., Brllvlew Ashland. Phone 60R3. FOR SALE Alfalfa hay. 13 per ton. Oeorse Hartley, Talent, acrosa from County Farm. FOB SALE Highland Scotch shep herd pups. 404 East McAndrows. HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS. M to SIX Clean, comfortable. 834 Penn Ave. WANT BO. OREGON RANCH, owner retiring, have good paying lumber yard and building material, good location. Alhnmbra, Calif.; price Including Improvements. $17,000. Have good tenant, take 5-vrnr leaae at $125 month, will trade. Including my business. Mrs. H. T. Nt'gnurU, Rt. 1, Box 300. ALFALFA HAY, haled $1350; loose $11. Dry apple wood $1.60 and $1.7S tier. Ed Hanley Ranch, Box 201, Ross Lane. WANTED TO RUNT Small, nice houan or first-floor apartment. Partly furnished. Box 701 Tribune. FOR SALE Bull calf. Oak Grove road. R. L. Ray. FOR RENT Well furnished electri cally equipped home. Piano, fire place, furnace. Adults. 243 So. Holly. WE ARE NOW BOOKING orders for flower and vegetable plants. Come and see us at Crater Greenhouse, Crater Lake highway. FOB BALE Pullets, breeding hens and cockerels at 76o each. All selected while Leghorns, Hansen strain. 134 N. Riverside. Phone 578. APPLES 28o and 60o. Stewart Avo. Walter Tolle, FOR SALE Turkeys, live weight or dressed. Phone 8-F-22. Steve Nye, Anderson rosd. FOR SALE Hate, ample supply, all sizes, standard makes, $1.00 and $1.50. Star Cleaner, 5 Bo. Front Medford. RAW FURS WANTED I eastern Cash Prices paid for your furs at home. Also bides, pelt and wool Mirnm-inn DAnnAiH nnrma! P97 N, Grape St. Medford. Ore FOB SALE Newtown apples, and up. Myron Root & Co. 36o Wtpmrt, Vieiia Soettmr Pmmp, Two) Smm Viaore. Traae porlmtion bstl on rail rar, at mi and lorml fa (if any), oa Honsl mqoipmmnt mnd icMtiorwi mttr. Prtrm tuo.Mcl' ahmnga without aoffee. A OKNKRAL MOTORS VALUB WT.h SPECIAL Dry Rough Bloi and Slabs per heaping load, $9.75. Mediom pu,i Co. Tel. )1. 3 PLACER CLAIMS. Furnished cabin, ample water, tome tools. C. 8. But terflrld. 409 Medford Bldg. 4BO ACRES, modern home. 9 bams, fully equipped. ISO acres bay. Irri gation. Attractive price and terms. ALSO New 5-room bungalow, hardwood floors, a-car garage. Immediate possession. S31S0. Terms. C. 8. BDTTERPIELD FOR SALE 4 N. H Red tested cock erels. Mrs. Snyder. Phone 4-F-4. WHY PAY RENT S1600 New attractive double constructs cottage, llv Irm room, bedroom, bath with base tub. kitchen with built in. tanvte. wood shed. Larga lot. SIM) 00 down, balance $20.00 per month. EI .ME Ft HFRRIED 7 N. Bartlett. Phonea 1403 or 151S-J. CLOSK-OUT on the perfect Coleman oil circulators. Only 3 left. Ptck'e Hardware. , PRICED TO SELL Pine oak office table. Airway vacuum cleaner, good electric range, wood ranges, Kel Tlnator refrl Iterator, 9 large wood clrrulatora suitable for large hall. Plck'a Hardware. LARGE LOT on Paelfle highway, with building 16x33, a snap for 350. A. F. Flowers, 113 E. lath. Quality .Always Regardless of Price It Costs No More To Buy Quality Here 1M1 Dodge Do Luxe Sedan, original flnUh like new. Equip ped with Oe Luxe equipment tlirot.;lioiit heater and de fr oler, new fl-ply tires. Driven by one careful owner only a few thousand miles. Spotless In every way and guaranteed On your ter mi within reason $585 10.18 Plymouth De Luxe Coupe, looks and runs like new. Only driven a few miles over 14,000. Many extras. New car guaran tee. Thts Is a bargain and trie bent buy In town. Many More Fine Cart to Choose From. Pierce-Allen Motor Co. Dodg. and Plymouth Distributor PORTLAND'S Most Distinctive Hotel Invites You . . . Friendly Rentes Home.l.lke Kooraa Wonderful Food SetHl'.'r Rates Hotel Benson Broadway at Oak Portland TTR-U- 1LLL O Apply tha tapallne and you 11 find that Olua . looks and feels bigger because it im bigger ' with every model of the 8eries Sixty, Seventy' and Custom 8 Cruiser measuring longer over alL You can ride and relax in an Olds. An improved Rhythmic RideChessta.wlthKnee-Action Wheela and modem Coil Springs all around givee yoe a smoother, gentler, steadier ride than ever. juujvur'a wonra BIGGER Am BETTEH mm EVERYTHING t MEDFORD GARAGE 121 North Bartlett TimberP COMPACT oaieON End North Central Phone 7 wiesoee Phone 637
