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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.
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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
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reathe in its tangy, marvelously
delicate aroma.
Kvallow slowly, pleasurably,
to make its refreshing
goodness l-i-n-g-e-r
along your throat.
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.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.
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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
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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. She lot the tips of
sv(iljtwo fingr and a thumb and , q
ii1iiined ether flesh wounds I
F.H.A.Home Loans
tyfi-ZS years to pay
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of Portland. Or.
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