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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON', TUESDAY. JULY 22. 1940. BANKS BELIEVES 7 YEARS ENOUGH At 1st Baptist Thursday ADDRESS BY BAAS TRAVEL PICTURES L BE Former Medford Agitator Seeking Parole Is Word of State Prison Officials Lewellyn A. Banks, sentenced to life term in Hate prison for murder in this city as the climax of local turmoil, largely fomented by Banks, is seeking parole and has friends working to that end, according to Dep uty Sheriff William Grenbemer. who talked to prison officials Saturday. Deputy Grenbemer delivered Robert Horner, under four year sentence, to the penitentiary. Banks has been In prison seven years, come early next month, and the deputy was ad vised the former orchardist feels "this Is long enough." Due to his conduct Banks has been "put In the line," and marches to meals and cells the same as other prisoners and no longer occupies his former cell, ana enjoys privileges. He Is now 70 years old and is employed with group of elderly prisoners do ing odd Jobs, Deputy Gren bemer was told. Reed Also Seeking Albert W. Reed, former Colo radoan, sentenced tn a life term for the slaying of Victor Knott, Ashland policeman, during an attempted warehouse robbery in 1931, Is also seeking a parole. A sister has promised him work operating a farm in California. Two companions of Reed in' dieted for the murder have never been caught. Reed claim ed he was not present at the rrlme scene but was In a lunch stand eating and entered testi mony In support of this claim. He has been a model prisoner during his nearly 10 years' In carceratlon, Grenbemer was told. DeAutremonis Reconciled The three DeAutremont brothers, serving life terms for their confessed parts In the Sis kiyou tunnel attempted train robbery and quadruple murders In October, 1923, are reconciled to prison life, Grenbemer was told, and have made no effort for parole. Hugh is editor of the prison paper, and Roy and Ray are prison barbers. From other sources it was learned that an effort to secure freedom for Raleigh Holyman, sentenced to life from this coun ty as a habitual criminal. Is underway. Holyman is a native of Josephine county. His crimes ! were mostly bad check forg-' eries. The Wheefon college quintet (above) will conduct a service ai the First Baptist church Thursday at 8 p. m. Evangelistic In purpose, the quintet features song and instrumental solos, quartet numbers, testimonies and a spiritual message. The Illinois group la on a 12.000-mile tour through the west. A feature of the program of the employers' open forum con ference to be held at the Jack son hotel Friday will be an address by Charles T. Haas of Portland on "An Analysis of EMPLOYERS' MEET BY MRS. S.B. NASON Program feature of the Ki- wsnis luncheon yesterday was the presentation of travelogue movies taken . by Mrs. S. B Nason and her daughter Miss OFFICIALS ANSWER FIRST BARRETTS CLAIMS OF TAYLOR A separate answer was filed yesterday by County Agent R. G. Fowler, Assistant County Agent C. B. Cordy, and Fruit Inspectors M. E. Warner and Theo. Sims in the suit against them by Thomas READYBYJULY29 First pressure tests of the sea son for Bartlett pears were made this morning by Assistant County Agent C. B. Cordy, who said the earlier Bartletts would be ready for picking by July 29. and the Organized Labor's Proposed I Margaret Nason, on their 13,000 Changes to the Compensation Act." Mr. Haas, a student of social legislation, will discuss differ ent phases of the present un employment act and will show how the proposed chances will drastically affect the basic prin ciples of the act as it now stands. It Is held that the employer's payroll Dsse tax of 2.7 per cent will be materially advanced; the waiting period in the issu ing of unemployment compen sation checks will be reduced from three weeks to one week; and the amount of payments will be Increased In some in stances to 60 per cent of full itime earning. Seasonable work Is abolished and employers' credits elim inated. The state unemployment com pensation commission will be L. Taylor, orchardist, for He- harvest would be in full swing struction of pear trees allegedly by August S. infested with blight. Jackson County Agent Fowler and frJilvV'' :T"- Clarence PaXy oheVter lor seeks (30.000 damages The three defendants file a general denial, and, further deny the pear trees destroyed have a Fruit company, who made an In spection of the area hit by hail last Friday, reported several in dividual orchards lost as high as Xl"!..,? Hi00 Di.smis' f 10 to 15 per cent of the Bartlett - ' - v..u uuhniciii IUI IUMJ mile trip to Greenland, Ellsmere Land, Huason Bay and the Northwest Passage. Mrs. Nason supplemented the pictures with a running account of exper iences and amusing anecdotes, Of particular interest to lo calites was her account of find ing a pear box bearing the label of a local packing house on shipboard as they were nearing LiarK rlarbor on Ellsmere is land, known as the most north ern postoffice in the world. The box head bearing the label was mailed back to Medford by Mrs. Nason as an interesting memen to of her trip. Farewells and best wishes of the club were extended to Cap tain Carl Y. Tengwald, com mander of the local national guard unit which anticipates be ing mobilized and sent to Fort Lewis, Wash. Lieutenant Edwin Larson,' of the army recruiting represented by Si Ins Gaiscr, i service, was introduced as a administrator; Ralph H. Camp- Suest a"d told the club that a bell, assistant attorney-general "umber of vacancies now exist ana commission counsel; Virgil ln various orancnes of the serv Sexton, commission supervisor I ice- A, complete recruiting serv- An experiment, radlral In Its departure from ttu accepted standards of motion picture pre sentation particularly that part of the program devoted to news events will begin at the Cra terian theater Wednesday, by eliminating from the screen every mention of war. War shots will be eliminated from the news reels. Features and short subjects will be book ed for their avoidance of the sublect. The experiment Is In line with the management's belief that people go to the movies to relax and enjoy themselves. So much news of the war is in the newspapers, on the air. in magazines, that people are getting "Janglenerves." Since motion pictures have always been .first of all, a medium of entertainment and enjoyment, the elimination of war news is expected to eliminate frcm the program anything that might deviate from that purpose. Subaltern Hire Subaltern John R. Beveridee of Pamn AiKau Lake transacted busi ness at Medford CCC district headquarters Monday. of research and statistics. ice is now established in Med- mCnt ,1S the n" crop was not Urge. sought. The suit Is the outgrowth of the removal in December, 1937, of six acres of pear trees, on the grounds they were blighted. GERMANS PERMITTED WIDER RADIO CHOICE Berlin, July 23 (UP) The magazine Justice said today that Germans could listen to radio broadcasts from occupied Nor wegian, Dutch. Belgian and They said the hail was "spotty" and not general. Tankey said he found pears, with holes half the size of a fist gouged out by the hail. Portland Has Fires Portland, July 23. Two fires caused approximately $36, 000 damages in Portland yester day. A blaze created $30,000 loss at the Bryte clothing store. Another fire damaged an east- iv,n,i, .,,;,; .i, ,,.., , .side grocery store and adjacent of rwnaltv Jewelry shop to the extent of Danish radio station, wer. I S6500, Fire Investigator William eluded, however, because DenjGocrtI mar is not regarded as "subject Closing tima lax loo Late to CUs- lo uerman sovereignty. iij Ad. n uo p m. Portland attor- An address. "The FederaH 'ord- Formerly aspiring appli- Viewpoint of Social Legisla-Icanls naa to 8o to Vancouver tion," will be given by Fred 1 to complete their enlistment af- matting piciiiiunBry appli cation locally. Other guests present were Ted Medford, president of the Klamath Falls Kiwanis club. ana torn Parkinson, Roseburg W. Packwood, ney. Edward Heydenbiirk, Grants Pass, state director of the Asso ciated Employers of Oregon, will officiate at the MrHfnrH meeting and conduct the open wno is. lieutenant-governor of forum question hour. Dan Hay, executive manager of the Associated Employers of Oregon, has charge of the en tire series of conferences which will be held in five western Oregon cities this week. the Pacific Northwest district of Kiwanis, here to extend his greeting to the local group and to confer with directors of the local chapter. F.H.A. Home Loans 41 -25 years to pay SOUTHERN OREGON TITLE CO. Affiliated with COMMONWEALTH, Inc. of Portland. Ore. 227 W Main-Phone 415 Clou tig tlm (or Too Lt to Clav tlfy Ads u 1:30 p tn. PHONE 481 lor Quick. Drprndable Srr1c Unique Cleaner Hotel Allen Hide Bud LaamtU Jurist Forsakes Astoria. July 23. (Ti Cir cuit Judge Howard K. Zimmer man described the November election today as a "contest be tween dictatorship and antl dlctatorship" and changed his registration from Democrat to Republican. I waited to whether Roosevelt would be re nominated before I changed my registration," he explained. 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