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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1940. New Serial June 25 A swiftly-paced mystery romance, "Casual Slaughters," written by Virginia Hanson, will be the next serial story appearing in The Mail Trib une. The author is a daughter of a retired colonel, and her brother is also a retired army officer and as might be expected her story deals with the army. The new Ferial will start June 25. NATIONAL DEFENSE BY LABOR HEADS Communists and Fifth Col umnists Condemned As Federation Opens Meet Klamath, Fallf. Ore., June 17 Oregon Federation of Labor leaden condemned Communists and fifth columnists, endorsed the national defense program and hoped for international peace today at the opening ses sion of the 38th annual conven tion. . . "We hope it will be possible for this country to stay out of war," said President Paul E. Gurske to about 300 delegates "The economic depression which may be expected to follow our participation would be of pro portions never experienced In this country. It might well be so grave as to challenge the stability of our political sys tem." Expose Is Remedy "Local unions may well scan the activities of these labor fifth column forces and apply the proven, etvective remedy expose the individuals and their purposes, for otherwise unions will be destroyed," Dell E. Nlck erson, executive secretary, warned in his annual report. "Labor, by bitter experience, knows the annoyance and dam age which can be done by Com munists. For 20 years they have Indulged In the same prac tices against organized labor and they now will transfer against government enterprise. Fortunately most of the Stalin ists left the AFL and joined the dual (labor) movement soon after it organized. "But there are a few Instan ces in which the borers-from-within are still trying to oper ate In the AFL, the purpose now being to weaken them In the hope they may be supplant ed by unions in the dual movement." TO BE AUGMENTED BY TRUCK ID STAGE Change in Southbound Train Time to Bring Revamp ing Mail Handling Service With today's change In sched ule of the evening southbound train, Medford postoffice an nounced additional north and south mail service by truck and bus. Beginning tonight the south bound train will leave at 5:40 and mails for it will close at the central postoffice at 4:40. At 6:30 p.m. a mall truck will be dispatched from the postoffice with southbound mail, the mail for this vehicle closing at 0 o'clock. The truck will go to Ashland where the mails will be transferred to a Greyhound bus. Connect With Cascade At Dunsmuir, Cal., the bus will connect with an S. P. train of the Cascade route travelling southward from Portland via Klamath Falls. The mail truck will remain overnight in Ashland and return northward the next morning, Hiving Medford additional serv ice to points north. The north bound truck will leave the post- office at 8:45. the mails closing at 8:15 a.m. The truck will take mail for Portland, way points and points beyond. It will con nect with a northbound train at Eugene. These additional truck-bus services are entirely new, the postoffice said. FIREMAN KNOWS HOW MAIL POUCH FEELS La Grande, Ore., June 17 (Fireman J. K. Wolfe. 59. of La Grande, said today he knew how a mailsack felt. He leaned too far from the eab of a speeding Union Pa cific locomotive yesterday at a point where the Meacham mail crane stands. The crane fetched him out with neatness and dis patch. Save for shock and a few scratches he was unhurt. Car Hits Blind Man Portland, June 17 (Al An automobile struck and seriously Injured Ned Manlcy, 52. blind Portlander, Saturday night. F QUEEN SELECTED Gold Hill, June 17 (Spl.) Northwest Jaskson County Fair Board met at the city hall, June 14th with John Gray, vice chairman presiding In the ab sence of Chairman Wm. Howes. Selection of the quern of the fair was held and Miss Ina Pearl Lucas, one of the Sams Valley Grange will reign over the 1940 fair activities, to be held Au gust 31 .Other candidates were: Miss Virginia Centers, repre senting the Gold Hill Gorden Club; Mies Fdith Howes, Gold Hill Grange; Miss Charlotte Carter, Rogue River Grange, and Miss Geneva Moore, of Wlmer Grange, all of whom will be princesses. Mrs. Tnul Throne was ap pointed to serve as chairman of the flower booths and displays. Closing, lima (or Too Late to Cles elfy Ads Is 1:30 p m. On the Radio Chains STATION! There t Sina Tbm the Dial: UtX. use, fort land; III. MS. uoe Aaietaai KOA, 1416. Spokane: liO. 1M, Baa I'raontto: HI.W Portland: BUB. BJO. Seattle: KMX. 1030, Ln n(elel KOA. S3 Denier: KOIN, 040. portUn: IOUO n Seattle; fc.ro. M. Ma rranrlaro; KM., IISO. Salt I ae. Monday 4:11 to 4 10 pjn. National Touta Administration. 1:00 Green Hornet. KOO, KEX. KJR: Radio Toaster. KU KNZ. KOIN: Qua Prjm. KPO. KOW, KPI. 1:30 Martin's aluale. KOO. KJR. KEX: Also Templeton Tlroa, KPO. KOW. KPT. 3:00 Hour, KPO, KOW. KPT: Danes Orch., KCX; Treasured M.lo dlea, KOO. Lombardo's Orch., KBU KNX. KOIN. 3:30 8eneau,ons and awing. KPO. KPT, KOW; Blondla, KiVX, KSL, KOIN. 7:00 Fred Waring, KPO. KOW, KPI: Amos and Andjr. KNX, KOIN. KSL; Cutler's Orch., KEX; Adven ture In Reading KOO. 7:18 Chllda' Orch.. KOW. KPT; Lannr Rosa. KNX, KSL. KOIN; Tune Termltea. KPO: News, KPT. 7:30 True or relae, KOO. KEX. KJR; Opera Sense. KPO. KPT, KOW; Smoking Time. KNX. KSL. KOIN. BOO Paaelnc Parade, KOO: Tuna-Op-Tlme. KNX. KSL, KOIN: The American Challenge. KPO. KPI 3:80 Hawthorne House. KPO. KPI. KOW: Nelson's Orch, KSL; Frlml Jr.'s Orch., KEX, KJR. 8:00 Little Of Hollywood, KEX: Paul Sullivan, KSL, KNX. KOIN; Mofflfe Orch, KPO, KPT. KOW. 8:30 Black Velvet. KOO, KIX: Danes Orch., KNX, KSL; Ravuxa a Orch, KPO, KPT. KOW. 10:00 Kyeer's Orch, KSL. KNX: Reporter. KPO. KPI, KOW; Radio Forum, KOO. KJR. KEX. 10:30 liualo by Woodbury. KPO; Relchman'a Orch, KOO. KEX, KPI; Camera Club. KSL. KNX. KOIN. 11:00 Sudy a Orch, KPO; This Uonnj World. KEX. KJR: kiwi Orch, KOIN, KSU Newa. KOO. KPT, KOW. KNX. Tuesday. 8:00 Cavalcade of America. KPO. KPT. KOW; Exposition Band. KOO. KEX. KJR: Organist. KOIN. 8 SO Kent's Orch, KOIN. KNX: Fibber McOeo. KPO. KPI, KOW; Fun With the Revuera, KOO, KEX, KJR. 6:00 Bob Hope. KPO. KOW. KPT: Rlcardo. KOO; Miller's Orch, KOIN. KNX. KSL. 6:30 Easy Aces, KOO. KJR. KEX: Dog House, KPO. KFt. KOW; News of the war. KNX, KOIN. 7:00 Amoa and Andy, KNX, KOIN, KSL: Fred Waring, KPO. KPT, KOW; Information Please, KOO. KEX. KJR. 7:18 Lenny Rosa. KSL. KNX. KOIN; Oa borne 'a Orch, KOW: Eipo altlon Speaks. KPO: Newa. KFT. 7:30 Breeae'a Orch, KOO. KEX, KJR: Johnny Presents, KPO. KPI. KOW; Queatlon Bos, KOIN, KNX. KSL. 8:00 We, the People, KKX. KOIN. KSL; Byrne's Orch., KPO. KPI; News. KOO. 8:30 Battle of the Seiea. KPO. KOW, KPI; BaaebUl Oame. KOO: Pro- feaeor Quia, KNX. KOIN. KSL. 3:00 Sulllvsn News. KNX. KOIN. KSL: Kinney's Orch, KPO, KOW. 8:30 Sarin's Orch, SOW, KPI; Powell's Orch, KNX. 10:00 Reporter. KPO. KFT, KOW; Kyeer's Orch, KSL, KNX. 10:00 Reporter. KPO. KPI, KOW; Kjaer'a Orch, KSL. KNX. 10:30 Young's Orch, KEX, KJR: Frlml Jr. Orch, KPO, KPT; Johnny Richard's. KsL, KNX. KOIN. lt.-OO Sudy's Orch, KPO; This Moving World. KEX, KJR: Buase's Orch, KSL, KOIN: News, KOO, KOW. KNX. PORTLAND OUSTS SECT DISTRIBUTING TRACTS Portland, Jure 17 (IP) A religious sect accused of dis tributing Nazi and Communis tic pamphlets under guise of religious tracts were ushered out of Portland Saturday by war veterans and business men. The action was taken after an informal citizen's committee studied the pamphlets for three weeks. Ex-Publisher Dies Roseburg, Ore., June 17 (IP) Will H. Hayner, 82, publisher of the Sutherlin, Ore. Sun until his recent retirement, died Sat urday at his Sutherlin home. Closing Lb for Too Lata to Clas sify Ads Is 10 p m. THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEAGUE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS ANY ICE TODAY? Mrs the Adonis of New Finland's ke men Is smiling, hutky. six-foot Robert MiKeon (shovel of Northampton. Mass., Mho wss acclaimed a prlre-n Inner st the Kprlnsflrld, Maw., meeting of the New tnsland Ire sondallon. Besting SI entrsnta In looks, deporlment snd personality, he 8 framed la 8 big basket made of Irs, THE Plot to DRAW EDDIE SEINER'S WdYhER 16 1"HE FROHf DOOR, Br1 sta6ik6 a Fifert-r on -The lrwh, while edpie srfeAKEP )K The back WAV 1b 6E HIS CATCHER'S Miff WifHOJT 8EWS DEfAMED FOR P)fth,0 PRACfiCE, FAILED UTTERLY; BECAUSE AFTER ft FEW MlHUTes fHE SHAN BATHE 60T OUT OF HAND AND A LITTLE AFTER TrtA fH SOUND OF SCALES WAS HEARD 1SSUIK6 FROM HC HOUSE (Wi-tewd fry If Bn SrMlettti, Int.) 6-8 STATE ELKS NAME SCOn SECRETARY Pendleton, Ore., June 17. UP J.' E. Luckey of Eugene was elected president of the Ore ton State Elks association at the final business session of the 1940 convention Saturday. Others elected were: Robert A. Thompson, Klamath Falls, first vice-president; E. H. Miller, Heppner, second vice-president; H. E. Nickerson. Astoria, third vice-president; Ernest L. Scott. Medford, secretary; H. L. Toney, McMinnville, treasurer. Aleene Barton of Lapine high school. Bend lodge, won the ora torical contest. Harry Thurman, Medford high, was second and Richard Owen, Lebanon high, third. CHEMISTS NEEDED IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE U. S. civil service commis sion today issued an appeal for explosive chemists to apply at one for examination for thai various grades of chemists and"A chemical technologists positions in the federal service. Salaries for the positions range from S2800 a year to $4600. Applications must be nn file with the civil service commission in Washington, D. C not later than June 24. Bankers Calhar Gearhart, Ore.. June 17 OP) More than 100 Oregon banker! gathered here today for the) opening of the 65th annual convention of the Oregon Bank era convention. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS "' f I Aftf UNPOPULAR in rufcMi riw.t 1H& NMive BIG NICKELS 10 ONE SMALL by JOHN MIX ( n 1 (( tfNJW YORK CITY'S IWirAfl5Vl8-4llBFAr ,YlrW. Wr (unfui ra,-7uwvinrv, WlRE,6rV MAINS, fcTC. mil Qr jf i w- Pv JeJ3faiin4 innovation of modern warfare. WA4 F6?eCAsTG7YEAIZ$A5o S)i SENJMIN FRANKLIN WW WnHMSIN61fl6 FIRST HUMAN ASCENT IN A BALLOON (Paris, 178 3) TKav.iLa.eu.oeABHHMwIS BLITZKRIEG IN AIR One hundred and fifty-seven years ago Benjamin Franklin witnessed in Paris the first balloon ascent made by man (Pllaira da Rosier and Marquis d'Arlandes, Not. 20, 1783). So Impressed was he thai he soon wrote: "The discovery might give a new turn to human affairs. . . Five thousand balloons, capable of raising two men each, could not cost more than five ships of the line, and where Is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with, troops for the defense, as that 10,000 men descending from the clouds might not in so many places do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought together lo repel them? Tomorrow: Are Penguins Strictly Antarctic? TAILSPIN TOMMY Overheard By the Enemy) By HAL FORREST IVOMMV MAMAGSO TO COM VI NC THt CMItSt TUAT 77 (WILL B OANGtStouS TO StOUTS FLIGHT S OVtll DIABLO IDNIbHT..AND JO... t-IT-IO I pSBSSAWrt fKftStVI rtWo'io 1 OKAY OKAY.."! I cANO.H?TMuTtV WurpA USiMK'Jr- iNcoV,,rLlH7pS? ( arrj my mead, ZD' BEN. WEBSTER'S CAREER Rusty Dlsmsyl ' " ' ' ' ' By EDWIN ALGE , HE MUST HAVE V J HC JUSA Y '" I I WHAT'S f OH, " I I f THIS PLACE 15 6IV1MM& I ' -J SfFN ME-HE'S J LOVES I I COIN' If NOTHING, I THE WILLIES1 MARY GOES I i eoiNa awav... i T-TZ-L HAPpy I on? 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