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1 MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUKE. MEDFOCT. OKECOV. TTTUTTSPAY. JCTT SS. 1340. PAGE FIVE SALEM WILL MARK I Ford Ceremony Stately changed shoes after generously the shoes felt tight and stuck them. Investigating. Furth found powder, for holding false teeth, sprinkling powder inside. Later; when he attempted to remove he had used adhesive dental j instead of talcum powder. 100 YEAR HISTORY Five Day Fiesta to Start July 31 Parades, Pageant to Highlight Program Salem, Ore.. July 25. OI.R) The Salem centennial, celebra ting the founding of Salem by Jason Lee and his follower! in 1840, will be a moving picture of the events of the past 100 years that saw the city emerge "from wilderness to wonder land". The five day celebration be ginning Wednesday of next week and running through the first four days of August will open with the arrival of river boats and river ceremonies de picting the part that the Wil lamette river played in the pro gress of the Oregon capital. Most of Wednesday morning will be devoted to unveiling of the centennial museum at Wil lamette University. A style re view will show the transition of clothing from the 1840 period until the present time. The first of four regular for ums on industrial, agricultural and transportation problems of the state will be held at Wil lamette University at 2 p.m. Four Parades Wednesday afternoon will al so see the first of four parades, the opening fun parade, which will begin at S p.m. Other events planned for each evening are dances, both old time and mod ern, and music by the 35 bands and drum corps which will play at the celebration. Climaxing each day's festivi ties will be presentation of the huge centennial pageant at the state fairgrounds. A stage one block long and half a block wide has been built, with scenery towering 50 feet above the earth on which to hold the pageant. On this huge stage 3000 pers ons will depict the history of Salem since its founding, with music by a 60 piece symphony orchestra and a 200 voice mixed chorus providing the musical background. Thursday morning special re unions and open houses have been slated for Willamette Uni versity, churches and pioneer business houses. Tours for visi tors to industrial plants, farms and scenic spots have been arranged. The evening parade will be devoted to the children and the second showing of the centen nial pageant will follow. Dances and band concerts will be held In several parks of the city dur ing the evening also. River Carnival Friday's program Includes style reviews, a river carnival, another forum led by Dr. Burt Brown Barker of the University of Oregon and the regular eve ning pageant and dances. Fri day's parade will be made up of old time horse-drawn vehicles and marching groups of people all In pioneer costumes. Saturday's program will be highlighted by the grand centen nial parade which will be about three hours in length and will be based on preparedness and military themes. Units of the National Guard and the regular army will participate as well as floats of merchants and civic organizations and the 35 musical organizations at the festival. The forum Saturday will pre sent notable industrial and po litical leaders and the final pre entation of the pageant will be held in the evening. The gov ernors and mayors ball at ten Saturday evening will conclude the day's festivities. Sunday union services In all churches and homecoming for family and religious groups will ring down the curtain on Sal em's first hundred years. man oraers tor tickets are now being filled. Centennial Ticket office, 260 North High Street, Salem, Oregon is the ad dress to which inquiries and ap plications for reserved seats may be made. Y"" ni I v v ii I .J h 1 t - I I I IV II i f I II l l L 1 I V in Vi Henry Ford. 2nd. grandson of the automobile manufacturer. and his bride. Anne McDonnell, 20. are shown leaving the Cath olic church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary at South ampton. N. Y., after their marriage. The ceremony was attend ed by Ford's parents and grandparents, the bride's large family. and many notables. Ashland. July 25. (Spl.l One of the bicqrst farm deals made here reent'y was the sale of 500 acres of land 310 from the Kincaid estate and 190 owned by Theodore Elliott to Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Engel. formerly of Nebraska. The property includes two sets of buildings, including the Kincaid residence property on the Neil creek road, occupied lately on' lease by Theodore Elliott, and the Elliott build ings. used recently by Elton Kerby. The new owners Intend exten sive improvements to the prop erty, particularly around the home place, on the Kincaid par cel, where the house and barn will be remodeled, and another barn, garage and worshop built A new stock of cattle will be purchased by Mr. Engel, who will engage chiefly in stock raising. The Elliott part of the prop erty extends from the Neil creek road along the railroad south and east to the Klamath Junction and along Emigrant lake nearly to the dam. To the north and west is the larger section of the Kincaid estate, which stretches over two small mountains and is divided by the Klamath highway. No. 66. In fact, the property is prac tically bordered by the new Pacific highway, and centered by the old one, giving access to two paved roads. U.S.W.V. CHIEFTAIN Newport, Ore., July 25. P) Judd Stauffer, Eugene, senior vice-commander, was elected department commander without opposition at the closing ses sion of the 32nd annual Oregon encampment of United Spanish War Veterans yesterday. Others selected were Frank Pendergrass, Portland, senior vice-commander; Henry Gates, The Dalles, Junior vice-com mander, and Rev. E. A. Smith, Portland, former chaplain, inspector. Charles C. Miers. Portland; John A. French, The Dalles; Hugh McDonald, Eugene, and the new department command er were named delegates to the national encampment at Detroit, Mich. Ida May Jones of Newport was elected president of the auxiliary, succeeding Jane Mon roe of Portland. Other officers Included Ma mie E. Stauffer, Eugene, senior vice-president; Lula Humphreys. Salem, patriotic Instructor; Elsie McClung. Salem, historian; Jos ephine Burnet, Eugene, conduc tor; Belle Lammers, Eugene, assistant conductor; Jessie Nel son, LaGrande, guard. G.P JILL STAGE IP PI reathe in its tangy, marvelously delicate aroma. Kvallow slowly, pleasurably, to make its refreshing goodness l-i-n-g-e-r along your throat. PHI .hat's how to enjoy this true European-type Pilsner . . . Brown Derby Pilsner. Grants Pass, July 25. VP) The annual Grants Pass cele bration honoring its distinctive (lowers will be held here Au gust 9 and 10. It will be the fifth annual Grants Pass glad iolus show, for commercial ex hibitors only, who display blooms from their $230 000 southern Oregon bulb industry Featured again will be the displays of unnamed seedling varieties created by the grow ers through hybridization. There is no admission charge lo the show. It will be financed by a gladiolus ball August 7 sponsor ed by civic oiganizations head ed by the chamber of commerce. Actor Greene to Join British Army Hollywood. July 25. OI.R) Richard Greene, 23-y e a r-old British film star, today an nounced he would leave Sun day for Canada to enlist in the British army. He will leave by train for a Vancouver, B. C, recruiting sta tion, he said. The young actor came here two and a half years ago from England and has been under contract at 20th Century-Fox studios. Tractor Sets Fire. Oregon City, July 25. (P) A fire set accidentally by a tractor destroyed all buildings on the Albert Roberts farm near Wilsonville yesterday and all but one on the Frederick Rob erts farm. YOU'LL LIKE this light, Brown Derby Pilsner with your meals, as well. It's tangy, but delicately so. Champagne-like in its light-hearted liveliness and sparkling clarity. Naturally it goes better ivith food. You didn't think America could ever brew such a beer? Then get some Brown Derby Pilsner to sample tonight. You be the judge. And if you are anything short of enthusiastic, your purchase price will be willingly refunded. Madt h ScUm Brtwtry fr Safmj Slight Error Marissa, 111., July 25. (TP) Add hot weather stories: Louis Furth, hoping to cool his feet. Blood Donor Corps To Be Experiment Washington, July 2'. (U.R) Experimental plans for organi zation of a nation-wide corps of blood donors, to be called upon "when and if needed" in event of war, were an nounced today by Red Cross Chairman Norman H. Davis. Davis said the proposed pro gram designed at the request of the army would make blood plasma available to the army medical corps in the event of an emergency. Longshoremen and Shipmen Deadlock San Francisco. July 25. iP) Contract negotiations between waterfront employers and long shoremen were stopped by new deadlock today with no date set for a resumption of conferences. The employers accused the In ternational Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union (C. I. O.) of rejecting the latest proffer yesterday and breaking off negotiations. GOERING BOOK BRINGS MORE THAN CHURCHILL'S London. July 25. (Pi Two books, heavily blue-penciled by German Field Marshal Hermann Goering, their former owner, brought 350 guineas (currently around $1,470) at a British Red Cross sale today., An autographed copy of Prime Minister Churchill's "My Early Life" sold yesterday for 13 guineas (about $55 ) RABID TERRIER PORTLAND QHTE1 Portland, July 25. P City health authorities advised two of the four persons bitten by a rabid Boston terrier to consult physicians today. Two of the victims, Mrs. Lil lian Quackenbush, owner of the dog, and Perry Abbott, already have started the Pasteur treat ment. Viola Finke is on trip in Washington county and has not been reached. Reginald Reynolds, the fourth person at tacked, has been contacted -t Stayton, Marion county, where he is visiting. Fleeing Frenchmen Lose All Property Vichy. July 25. U.R) A sweeping decree confiscating fortunes and property of French men who fled France at the time of the army's collapse. In cluding form-.T cabinet mem bers and deputies and senators. was published today by Marshal Philippe Petain's government in the official Journal. POISON OAK? To Head Portland U. South Bend Ind.. July 25. iT Rev. Charles C. Miltner O.S.C.. member nf the Notre Dame university faculty shire i 1918. became president of Port i land university at a community conference at University of Notre Dame last night. KELLY NOT TO ATTEND LEGION'S CONVENTION Portland. July 25. (P) Ray mond J. Kelly, national com- mender of the American Le gion, will not attend the Ore gon department's 1940 conven tion at Seaside, department headquarters announced today, He will visit Oregon August 13-15. Try a bottle ot ZEMACOL To. mail M Mtttn. sr your mint? thortull refund. OH trH; l MLML1M IUIIFT. Dynamite Cap. Vancouver, .Wash., July 25. (P A dynamite cap exploded last night as Maxine Baugh man. 15. Brush Prairie, lit a match to see what was Inside a can. 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