jrEDFORD MAIL TKTBtTXE. MEDFORD. CREGOX. FTCIDAY. MAY 24. 1940.
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1 1 nr.Ai and PFRsnrJAi COMMENCEMEN
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In Phoenix Ralph Van Zyle
of the Elliott farm transacted
business in Phoenix today.
Visitor Hers B. H. Germaine
of Portland, connected with the
National Automobile Theft Bur
eau, was a visitor in Medford
yesterday, contacting local po
lice officers.
Ex-Resident ..Here Ed Pot
tenger of San Leandro, Cal., is
spending a ween or so nere.
Mr. Fottenger is a tormer iviea-
ford resident and still
property here.
Visits Here Mrs. Elizabeth
Ann Irwin is a visitor at the
A. Orin Schenck home, 626
South Holly street. She came
up from Willows, Cal., several
days ago.
Norris Here Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph H. Norris, former prom
inent Medford residents, are
spending several days here vis
iting. They are registered at the
Hotel Medford.
Hunter Here S. P. Hunter of
Phoenix was a caller in Med
ford yesterday when he visited
with old friends and attended
to business. Mr. Hunter has re
sided in the Phoenix district for
33 years.
From Portland Edgar Stev
ens of Portland, Oregon state
manager of the Loyalty group
of insurance companies, is
spending a couple of days here
on business. He is registered at
the Hotel Medford.
Returns Horns Mrs. Edith
Garrett returned home yester
day from a two weeks' trip to
South Dakota where she visited
her father and other relatives
and friends. She planned to
open her Karmelkorn shop to
day,
Medford Caller Kress Mad-
dox, field representative of the
Loyaty group of insurance com
panies. Is spending several days
here on business. Mrs. Maddox
accompanied her husband. The
two are registered at the Hotel
Medford.
Have Party Students of the
Medford School of Beauty Cul
ture enjoyed a swimming party
Wednesday evening at Jackson
Hot Springs. A wienie roast was
held after swimming after
which the group danced at a
night spot.
Has Operation A. D. Lewis,
Jr., of 1610 East Main street,
is reported by Community hos
pital attendants to be recover
ing satisfactorily from a 'major
operation he underwent on
Tuesday. He Is not allowed to
have visitors yet.
Postponed Because of the
sudden death of Mrs. Mabel
Heimroth of 328 North River
side avenue, the housewarmlng
at the T. K. Flynn home on
East Main street at Lindley
street was postponed today. The
housewarming had been plan
ned for tonight.
DANCER
at the
OASIS
Saturday Nite
Music by Rythum Rogues
TOWNSEND
DANCE
Upper Applegate Grange
Hall
SATURDAY NITE, Mar 25
Midnight Lunch
Music T.Y.A. Orchestra
A good lima is assured
for all.
Adm.: Men 40c. Ladies 10c
NOW LOWER PRICED
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HUMPHREY MOTORS
Calls Here Wiltrr Smith of
Trail was a caller in this city
today.
Medford Visitor Mrs. Paul
Throne and son Marvin of Gold
Hill were visitors in Medford
yesterday.
Williams Here Oscar (Red)
Williams, rancher of the Evans '
creek district, was a Medford
caller today. Mr. Williams visits 1
here about once , month. He
to town wltn M, Bnd Mrs.
Robert Colvig who reside near
him.
WRC To Meet All members
of the Women's Reli corps are
asked to gather at the Presby
terian church Sunday morning
at 10:45 to attend Memorial day
sermon by Dr. Sherman L.
Divine.
Bourn Leaves Jerry Bourn
left Tuesday for the north
where he will transact business
regarding a gold mine of which
he is one of the owners. The
mine is located on the Canadian
line north of Bellingham, Wn.
Mr. Bourn resides at 135 Tripp
street. He was recently wed to
the former Miss Betty O'Brien,
who will remain here.
Food Stolen Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Colvig came into Med
ford today from their cabin
home on Evans creek to pur
chase food supplies. While the
couple were away from their
home several days ago, prow
ler entered by jimmying a win
dow and took a considerable
amount of food, the couple re
ported. Visiting the Colvigs is
Bob Prescott of Eugene.
Back From North Mrs. G.
H. Corum and son Bernard re
turned home Saturday from
Portland where they visited rel
atives and last Friday attended
funeral services for the Rev.
Father John W. Powers. Father
Powers, an old friend of the;
Corum family, was pastor of the .
Church of the Nativity here
from 1914 to 1923. He died in j
a Roseburg hospital May 13.
At Airport S. C. Barnes
stopped at Medford municipal
airport for fuel this morning.
He was en route from Seattle,
Wash., to Oakland, Cal., in a
Stinson plane. Arrivals late yes
terday included George P.
Fuller who arrived from San
Francisco In his Lockheed Elec-
tra plane and left immediately
by car with his party for We-Ask-U
inn for a few days of
Rogue river fishing: Harry K.
Coffey, Portland insurance
agent who arrived from North
Bend in his Beechcraft to trans
act business here, and Capt.
James Clark, reserve officer at
Oakland, Cal., Salem to Oak
land in a North American basic
combat plane. Coffey was tqre
turn to Portland this afternoon.
Fuller's plane was piloted by
Harvey Lempke.
Plane Passengers Arrivals
by United Mainliner early this
afternoon were F. O. Minar of
Bend, from Los Angeles, and
Mrs. L. D. West, from San Fran
cisco. R. R. Mclntyre left on
the same plane for Portland.
Arrivals from Portland this
forenoon were F. J. Burnham,
M. W. Anderson and H. Tern
pleton and leaving on the same
plane were C. M. Wahl, chief
dispatcher for United at Oak
land, Cal., to Oakland, and Dr.
Victory H. Morris and Mrs. P.
H. Walbridge of Eugene, to Sac
ramento. Miss Evelyn Russell
arrived early this morning from
San Francisco and leaving on
jthe same plane were T. V. Wil
liams and W. C. Bell, for Port
Hand. C. M. Wahl arrived on
the midnight Mainliner from
Portland. E. Johnston left on
the afternoon flagstop Main
liner yesterday for Portland. W.
C. Bell arrived from San Fran
cisco on the regular afternoon
northbound Mainliner and A.
G. Mulkey left on the same
plane for Portland.
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DELIVERED IN
MEDFORD OREGON
I
RITES TONIGHT
AT SENIOR HIGH
The 47th annual Medford
senior high school commence
ment exerciset for 199 students
will be held tonight before a
capacity crowd of 1.094 parents.
relatives and friends of the
graduates. Principal Leonard
Mayfield said. Every seat in the
school auditorium has been re
served, the principal slated He
added that admittance will be
by special ticket only.
The commencement address
will be given by Dr. Bruce Bax
ter, president of Willamette uni
versity. The Rev. Werner Jessen
will give the invocation and
benediction. Diplomas will be
awarded by Dr. R. E. Green and
awards will be given out by Mr.
Mayfield. The program, which
will start at 8 o'clock, also in
cludes several musical selec
tions by high school students.
Graduating with the highest
honors attainable will be Lloyd
Colbaugh, valedictorian, and
Gretchen McAllister, salutator
ian. Lloyd is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Colbaugh of 609 Da
kota avenue. Miss McAllister is
the daughter of Mrs. H. J. Mc
Allister of 817 West 10th street.
AS GERMAN AGENT
Dublin, May 24. (JP) Police
testified In criminal court to
day that they had found an
open parachute of an usual
type, a radio transmitter and
documents of military charac
ter concerning Irish defense In
a raid on the home of Stephen
Held a naturalized Irishman.
They also said they found
$20,000 in American money, a
military cap and a modern Ger
man airforce badge in the
house.
Held was remanded to Jail
under defense regulations.
Belfast, Northern Ireland,
May 24. JP) S e v e n t y-s 1 x
members of the outlawed Irish
republican army were arrested
in overnight raids by police of
northern counties, it was offic
ially announced today.
Corvallis, Ore.. May 24 tPi
The Oregon I.O.O.F. grand The allied armies threw the
ledge elected J. P. Watts, Oregon j full weight of men and ma
City, grand master and selected chines into a desperate effort
Bsker for next years conven-
tion at the closing sessions 01 the
annual meeting.
Other officers included: Elm
er Pyne, Springfield, deputy
grand master; Matt Murphy,
Stayton, warden; O. F. Steele.
Pendleton, grand representative
(or the two-year term; Joseph T.
Eckley, Portland, grand repre
sentative for the one-year term;
William A. Horand, Portland
re-elected secretary; J. H. Nel
son, McMinnville, re-elected
treasurer.
Watts appoints Virgil Winkle
man of Oak Ridge grand chap
lam and F. C. Redden of Med
ford grand guardian.
Nyssa. Ore., May 24. P
Water rushing through a 500-
foot canal break menaced the
Irrigation supply 12 miles south
west of Nyssa today.
R. J. Newell of Boise, recla
mation engineer, said a cave-in
at north canal had created the
most serious leakage in Owyhee
project's five-year history. Men
i and equipment transported to
: the break will not have repairs
completed for two weeks.
The canal serves about 600
farms in the north end of the
project. .
DYNGE'S
DANCE
ORIENTAL
GARDENS
SATUT.2AY NIGHT
Glenn Hamilton
AND HIS BAND
OLD-TIME DANCE
5-PMce Orrhntra small Hall
Harry Daita, floor manager.
One Admlulon In Both Hall.
Gentlemen 4Ar ldlea tr
"Of Mice And Men" Sunday Hit
One of the most violently
dramatic motion pictures everj'h 'i'm play, highlighting the
released comes to the Craterian
theatre Sunday when John
("Grapes of Wrath") Steinbeck's
Of Mice and Men will open
a limited three-day engacement.
Lon Chancy, Jr., as Lennie, Bur-
gess Meredith as George, and
Betty Field as Mae. have thel
leading roles.
Against an impressive pietor -
ial background, the life of the
nazis had retaken Arras, in the
Cambrai battle zone, after
heavy fighting through the
night.
Six Transports Sunk
The German high command
announced the bomb-sinking of
six loaded British transports In
the English channel. -
A Paris radio broadcast said
5.000 German mechanized
troops were "isolated" in the
bitterly-contested Amiens sec
toron the south prong of the
nazi pincer and that other
German forces in Flanders had
"stalled" from lack of fuel.
Meantime French troops stood
firm in newly-won positions on
the Somme river at Amiens.
to crack the German salient
aiming at the first invasion of
ALLIES HURLING
INFANTRY MASS
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(Continued from ng One.)
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Unbridled i7?s TZ aitl m?t j-aV :
realism X .her0."0.', 7" (1 Vfj c
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V-Al-i I Coming SUNDAY Drama and Actionl I
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I "MEM with- l II V .:,.L.r1Vl Uk XV
I "bindle-stiffs" is dramatized In
carcers oi reo men ueorge.
who has the brains and Lennie
who has the brute strength. It
I shows the dreams and hopes.
j the tragedy, humor and pathos
j that follow the men as they go
from job to Job on the path
to nowhere.
Although there is nothing to
offend, the picture is not classed
as film entertainment for the
youngsters.
Britain since the days of Wil
liam the Conqueror.
At the same time they fought
furiously to consolidate their
forces north and south of the
westward-thrusting German
drive.
Nail Air Threat
Britain, throwing a reinforced
naval and military guard along
her southern shores, had a fresh
taste of the nazi aerial threat
as anti-aircraft batteries on the
southeast coast blazed away at
German planes makinp a morn-
i ing raid on shipping of the
coast.
Spinster Bequeaths
Coin to Uncle Sam
Roseburg. Ore., May 24 (T)
The United States government Is
named as principal beneficiary
In the will left by Lillie Lcla
Moore, 77, eccentric spinster,
who died in Roseburg May 14
The will, admitted to probate
here today, provides $1 each for
seven nieces and nephews, sets
up a S500 fund for perpetual
care of Miss Moore's cemetery
lot, orders that an heirloom
warming pan be sent prepaid to
Mrs. Josiah Little Hale of New
buryport, Mass., and bequeaths
the balance of the estate to the
federal government.
I closing tun tor Too ut to CUa-
1 tify Ads u 1 so p ov
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Ann Sheridan
V 1 V:-
"Aw, Come On In" Humphrey
Bogart pleads with America's
"Oomph!" girl, Ann Sheridan,
who seems to prefer to stay
outside in this scene from
Louis Bromfield a new and as a great magician starve
startling comedy-drama, "It All boarder at the establishment
Came True." which comes to
! the New Rialto theatre for Sun-
day and Monday. Bromfield. au-
thor of "The Rains Came" and
others now deals with the hopes j
and disappointments of a group;
of people living In a New York:
boarding house. Miss Sheridan j
plays a nightclub entertainer j
home between engagements;
Bogart is seen as a gangster who I
ABBEVILLE SHATTERED
BY RELENTLESS NAZIS
London, May 24. W) The
French port and industrial city
of Abbeville, seized by a Ger
man motorized column speeding
to the English channel, was
"razed" and Its "shattered
streets strewn with dead and
dying women and children."
Red Cross Worker Alan S.
Roger said today.
Roger returned to London
from northern France.
THANKS VOTERS
To the Voters:
I want to take tnli means of
eipreaalng my appreciation for the
support you hare given ma In the
past, it naa been a pleaaura to have
been of eervloe, to you.
(Signed) RALPH BILLINGS
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Fun That's Fast! Romance That's
Gay! Comedy That's Howlarious!
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Plus Daring Snow Thrill in "5K.I fAlROL"
In Rialto Show
, blackmails young Jeffrey Lynn
into taking him home to his
mother's boarding house for a
hideout; Una O'Connor as the
mother; Zasu Pitts as a love
lorn maid; and Felix Bressart
sweet on Zasu.
"Sky Patrol." a daring mov-
j ing picture woven around the
escapades northern Ski Patrols
undertake to recue lives that
are lost in the storm, plays as
the companion feature with "It
All Came True." Lull Deste,
Philip Doran and several of the
world's greatest ski champions
star in the unusual film.
"Hopalong" Back
William Boyd again plays
Clarence E. Mulford's popular i
"Hopalong Cassidy" in "Range
War," newest of the great ad-j
venture writer's stories play-1
ing today and tomorrow only
at the Roxy theatre. "The Man
From Sundown," featuring
Charles Starrett, plays as the
companion Western feature.
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W. H. Schmidt of Oregon's
Switzerland visited here today
and said the road to his place
is now opened. It Is reached
by motoring over the ridge
from Roxy Ann.
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