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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MED FORD OREGON'. WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1940,
MEDFORD TRAILS
REST OF STATE
ON SAFETY LIST
First Half Year Report Lists
331 Accidents With 76
, Injuries for Jackson Co.
Medford and Jackson county
made relatively poor showings
In the state's traffic safety cam
paign in the first half of the
year, it was revealed in a bulle
tin Issued by the secretary of
state s office.
tn the Group 1 cities of the
state, Medford was listed sixth
and last. Last year Medford
was awarded a plaque for its
. safety record.
For Jackson county the bulle
tin shows: 331 accidents In the
first six months of 1940 as com
pared with 309 in the same
period of 1939; 78 Injuries as
compared with 48; and seven
fatalities as compared with
three.
In the future a new method
will be used in rating cities
In order to attain a more ac
curate picture, the bulletin said.
Henceforth each month will be
compared with the average of
the same month of the previous
three years. In the past each
month has been compared with
only the same month of the
previous year.
Salem, July 10. UP) A new
record of 160 persona died in
Oregon traffic accidents during
the first half of 1940, being
10 more than the total for the
similar period of 1937 when the
previous high mark was set.
.. Twenty-nine more persons
were killed during the first
halt of 1940 than during the
first six months of last year.
Secretary of State Earl Snell
aid. .
The June total of 3B was a
new record for the month and
was an increase of 10 over the
June, 1939, total.
' .Of the 39 persons killed In
June, eight were pedestrians.
TIERNEY LEAVES FOR
BOURBON CONVENTION
Portland. July 10. CP)
Democratic state central com
mittee Chairman Frank Tierney
left last night for the national
convention opening . Monday in
Chicago. -v-
As vice-chairman of a party
conference of 11 western states
he will attend a pre-conventlon
meeting Sunday night.
Injured in Riot
My
Edward J. Mallen Jr., (above),
of Frannl, Wyoming, was sort
ously hurt in one of numerous
armed clashes which marked the
presidential election in Mexico
City. Wallen suffered a pistol
wound In the stomach, hospital
authorities said.
V.F.W. WOULD ERASE
PROFIT FROM WAR
Corvallis, July 10. (IP) Ore
gon Veterans of Foreign Wars
passed a resolution yesterday
asking that profit be taken out
of war and favoring a "steeply
graduated personal and corpor
ation income tax."
Alexander Hamilton of the
state unemployment compensa
tion commission said unemploy
ed veterans in OreRon would be
registered for work in the na
tional defense program.
Freshman Week Bet.
Eugene, July 10. W) Fresh
man week at the University of
Oregon will open September 24
and run for four days, during
which all beginning students
will complete necessary ent
rance examinations before en
rolling in regular classes.
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CLEAN-PROFITABLE
EMPLOYMENT
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PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES
OF 18 AND 30 YEARS
ATTEND the
SCHOOL FOR
PACKERS
Starting About August 1
SPONSORED BY THE
FRUITGROWERS
LEAGUE
Q Apply at any packing plant for registration
w application. Tee lor registration Is 11.00 and
cost of course will be SS.00. making the
entire cost 14.00. This Utter cost may be deducted
from wages earned, for a successful course will
assure you a position THIS YEARI
APPLY NOW AT ANY
PACKING PLANT
Packing School will begin at start of the BsrtUtt
season at PINNACLE PACKING COMPANY
Plant Number 2 on South Central Ave.
- S. V. CARPENTER
Salem, July 10 (IP) Gov.
Charles A. Sprague announced
yesterday the following reap
pointments to four-year terms
on county public welfare com
missions, the appointments ef
fective July 1:
W. 1(. Browning of Baker,
Baker county.
E. W. Wiley of Roseburg,
Douglas county.
Alfred S. V. Carpenter of
Medford. Juckson county.
C. H. Demaray of Grants
Pass, Josephine county.
George II. McMorran of Eu
gene, Lane county.
Mr. Carpenter was appointed
to the original relief commis
sion by Gov. Julius Meier in
1933. First meeting of the
commission was held on March
3, 1933, and Mr. Carpenter
served as vice-chairman until
May 3, 1933, when he became
chairman. He has served as
chairman since.
Mr. Carpenter is one of only
a few county welfare commis
sion chairmen of the state who
have served continuously since
formation of the original relief
committees. Only ione other
member of the Jackson county
commission has served continu
ously since the beginning. She
is Mrs. R .E. Green.
Oae UaU Tribune want ads.
Nice Going, Charley!
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Vice-President Garner (right) made it a point to congratulate
the Republican nominee for his Job, Sen. Charles L. McNary
(R-Ore.), who was named Wendell L. Willkie's running mate at
the closing session of the Republican convention. Picture shows
Garner and McNary laughing as Garner told him some of the
duties of the vice-president in Washington.
In Grotesque Death
Nanticoke, Pa. VP) One of
the victims of the Susquehanna
river's spring flood was a young
deer, whose body was found
hanging from its hind less 25
feet above the ground after the
waters receded. The animal evi
dently attempted to swim the
river when it was at its crest
but its legs caught in the
branches and it drowned.
WAR COSTS ENGLAND
$26,000,000 DAILY;
MORE TAXES NEEDED
London, July 10. W) Brit
ain is now spending 9.S00.000
pounds, or $38,000,000. a day,
of which 6 500,000 pound or
$20,000,000 is going to the
army, navy and air force.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sir Kingsley Wood told the
house of commons today.
Sir Kingsley made this an
nouncement in asking a vote
of credit for 1.000,000.000
pounds (about $4,000,000,000).
The bouse voted this credit
and then went into secret ses
sion on economic warfare.
The government already has
been given a blank check as
far as appropriations go and
parliament votes it money from
time to time to pay the bills.
The last vote of credit was
700,000,000 pounds (about $2,
800.000,000) in March.
The chancellor said 575,000,
000 pounds of this already had
been spent. He warned that
the gap between revenue and
expenditure was widening and
that additional taxes must be
imposed.
Rare Textbook
Austin, Tex. (U.R) Oldest
textbook in a 17,000 volume
collection at the University of
Texas is a Greek and Latin
parody on the Book of Job,
used In 1637. It Is one among
many early textbooks presented
to the University by Dr. J. L.
Henderson, professor of education.
Wbats' in a NameT
Salem, Mass., July 10. OP)
Mrs. Stella Drinkwater filed a
divorce suit against her hus
band, Francis W. Drinkwater,
claiming that he was addicted
to the use of intoxicating
liquor.
Closing tun tor Too bate to Claa.
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