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PAGE NTNE 5 BURN TO DEATH AS FIRE SWEEPS Golfer Patty Turns Pro !E ANDERSON'S 1L -Ll Thrift Market Flames Start in Basement; Cut Off Escape by Stair way at Holy Family Home Monthly Statistical Report "Quality First" Shows Outlay Slightly j South Riverside Across From Blue Bauer Lumber Co. Higher Than June, 1939 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREO ON. FRIDAY. JULY 12. 1940. f jg. - , f, r'l i Cincinnati, July 1 Five persona died and at least two others were curned severely ai fire early today trapped 30 resident! and employes on the third floor of the Holy Family Home, a branch of St. Frances hospital. The dead were: Mary Rose Watklns. 42; Mary Theders, 57; Minnie Brandhoff. 87; Regina Nickamp, 45. and Rosaline Bums, 41, all residents. Injured were Theresa Bukart, 78, and Jennie Kenster, also residents. Flames starting In the base ment laundry cut off escape by stairways, firemen said. Many occupants of the build ing were led to safety down fire escapes. Others were rescued by volunters and firemen through windows. Those fatally burned were found huddled in corners. One victim, Mary Theders, was found in the linen closet which she apparently entered in the belief she had reached an out side door. "One went back to get her clothes and that was the last we saw of her," a hospital attache said. Arthur Jahn, 29, an engineer, said he and five other persons were in the basement of the building when the fire was dis covered. Police Maj. Elmer O'Neil saw the blaze as he was passing In an automobile and said he heard persons shouting "tave me." ss V Patty Berg, the rad-halrtd Minneapolis golfing star and 1938 national women's champion. Is shown here in Chicago getting a pat on the back from her father. Herman L. Berg, alter she turned professional, signing a six-year contract with a Chicago sporting goods firm. She will teach golf and giro exhibitions on college and high school campuses. , captain was ashore for orders. All the crew was saved. TRAVELING MISSIONARY 10 SPEAK, SHOW FILMS IN CENTRAL PT. CHURCH Central Point. July 12. (Spl.) The Rev. Michael Billester Russia-born traveling mission Hoboken, N. J., July 12. P) The destruction of the French liner Champlain, about which there hase Been conflicting re ports, was confirmed today by an -American passenger on the Greek liner Nea Hellas which arrived from Lisbon, Portugal. Michel Weill, vice president of the White House, San Francis co department store, said he wit nessed the sinking of the liner by an airplane-laid magnetic mine in the harbor of La Ro chelle, France, June 27. The Champlain, loaded with American airplanes, sank In 20 minutes, Weill said, while the I Total expenditures for wel fare in Jackson county were slightly higher last month than they were in June a year ago but lower than they were in May, 1940. This was revealed in monthly statistical reports studied today at the regular monthly meeting of the Jackson county public welfare commission in city hall. All members of the Commission were present. A. S. V. Carpen ter, reappointed for a four-year tenure this week by the gover nor, presided. Statistical reports for June and May of this year and June of last year follow: June 1940 General Asslstancei Families 130 $2.383.2S Single 99 1,447.98 229 $3,831.21 Old Age Asslstancei Cases 675 $13,095.72 Aid to Dependent Children! Cases 78 $2,356.00 (Children 170) Blind Assistance! Cases 10 $264 00 Total Whirl on Skates Reveals Shorts Of Varied Color New Orleans, July 12. (JP) C. T. Bruce, who weighs 205 pounds, accepted the of fer of a roller skating team at a local amusement park to give any spectator a whirl. Faster and faster they turn ed and Bruce's body rose to a horizontal position. Then Bruce's belt split and his trousers sailed into the crowd. Bruce's shorts were vari colored but his face was just me color red. ..$19,546.93 WHITE HOUSE H 0 P E F U l-Touh days ef rmmpalrn In He ahrad of Wrndrll Willkir. Republican presidential nomi nee, shown with his wife ss both began to plan for the big Domical battle. They have one son, live In New York. Old Age Assistance: Cases 681 $13,114.07 Aid to Dependent Children! Cases 76 $2,316.00 (Children 172) Blind Asslstancei Cases 10 Total $ 264.00 ..$20,042.52 THIS MILK If HEAVmr FOR CREAMED COOKING June 1939 General Assistance: Families 143 Singles ' 76 219 $4,090.60 Old Age Assistance: Cases 672 $13,180.88 Aid to Dependent Children: Cases 66 $1,872.00 (Children 133) Blind Assistance: Cases 10 Total $19,388.48 May 1940 General Assistance: Families 158 $2,917.93 ' Singles 100 1,430.52 SAYS ELSIE. ifiwiif tvojuo Jr the Borden cow: N M Fluffy as a cloud I mean mashed m potatoes creamed with evaporated X I milk (made by Borden's). I Pure, rich, uniform and Imdlated with sunshine Vitamin D. And It's the I $ 245.00 X. best friend a cream sauce ever had. 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