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PAGE SEVEN City Buried for Centuries Believed Mayan Outpost AP Feature Service New Orleans A burled city which may represent the south ernmost advance of ancient Ma yan civilization ii being un earthed in western El Salvador by a Tulane university expedi tion. dor, capital of the republic. The mounds art in a small valley ex cessively dry between rainy sea sons. Nearby are the San Salva dor volcano, last active in 1917. and the Izalco volcano, active the past ZOO years. The expedition Is under the direction of Maurice Riea of the The first seasons work has j Tulane Middle American Re- uncovered walls, floors, steps, pyramidal terraces and a tomb. constructed with a plaster-like substance of metallic clay and fine volcanic cinders. A cache of carvel Jadeite Jewels also was uncovered. Sixty grass-covered mounds, the largest more than 100 feet high, indicate the buried city some 20 miles from San Salva- search Institute. He believes the city has "definite Maya charac teristics" and was the southern most point at which Mayan in fluence had been reported. Walls and steps. Ries said, are similar to those unearthed dur ing the last three years near Guatamala City by archaeolo gists of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. LONG, TORRID SPELL CUTS RETAIL TRADE; STILL EXCEEDS 1939 New York, Aug. 2. (P) The long stretch of hot weather tended to wilt shoppers' interest and the week's retail trade fail ed to hold its recent margin of gain over last year, Dun & Bradstreet said today in a week ly survey. "On the basis of reports re ceived from representative cities," asserted the review, "the total volume of retail trade this week was estimated S to 7 per cent above a year ago. "Almost all regions had narrower margin of gain than in the preceding week, when the average for the country was between 6 and 12 percent. "Percentage increases over a year ago were as follows: New Fngland 3 to 5, east and west 6 to 10, south 4 to 11, southwest 2 to 7, northwest 3 to 8, Pacific coast 1 or 2. K. C. WILL PICNIC AT UNION CREEK About 1,000 men, women and children are expected to attend the annual Knights of Colum bus district picnic at the Union Creek campground of the Rogue River national forest August 18. The picnic will be attended by Knights and their families and friends of Mcdford, Bend, Klamath Falls and Lakeview. The day's activities will begin at 10:15 a. m. with a patriotic flag-raising ceremony. At 10:30 an open-air mass will be cele brated by the Rev. Father J, M. Sheridan of Marshfield, state chaplain of the Knights of Col umbus. A short program of talks will be given after the mass and the picnic dinner will be served at noon. The afternoon will be de voted to a program of sports, games, contests and entertain ment for everyone. Bring your own wieners and buns, the -R club wilt eetve coftee and douganuta. At a ecnool meeting Monday eve alng the Issue of transporting the school children to Fhoenls was voted down by a very small margin, not withstanding that much needed lm- provetnenta, tuition of eighth grade to Phoenix and maintenance vlU eicaed tha tuition and transportation by bus furnUhd by Phoenix, tha advantagea of aduratlon that tha children could receive there. Mr. and Mra. Lady vera pleaaantly surprised last week by her daughter and grandchildren coming for a short visit. Tha gueste were tha daughter. Mra. W. I. Marlow of Bad Bluff. Cal.: Idea : granddaughters, Mra. Geo Tipton and two bablea from Red BluII and Mra. Kdwln Houetta and baby from ussnvllls. Calt Tha 4-H social glean Friday proved successful, netting tha club ! Mod ford spent Friday evening with Mr. Puhl and famny. Mrs. Moore hsa recently returned from a several weeka vlatt In Portland. Mr. and Mra. Cyril Steele and fam ily enjoyed a pleasant week-end at Lake of tha Woods. Mr. and Mra. Csry and two sons quite 7.74. All are happy to see Billy Feme looking normal again with tha caat off his arm. Mlsa Marjorle Ferns wsa In Med ford on business Monday. H. Puhl a mother, Mra. Moore, of from southern California, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Ildrtdge on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Csry have a aummer home on Rogue river near McCloud and have bee spending their vacation there. Mrs. Soot. I.ytle la spending sev eral days vacation at the eoaat. GETS'I Portland, Aug. 2. (P) Mu nicipal Judge Julius Cohn pre sented the "works" two years in the county jail and $1000 In fines to Ellis B. Snavely, 34, convicted on three major traffic charges. He was accused of driving an automobile while drunk, falling to stop at the scene of an acci dent, and operating a vehicle while his permit was under re vocation. His license was sus pended for a year after a drunk driving conviction in Novem ber, 1939. Camp Meeting At Nazarene Church Fills Auditorium The main auditorium was crowded last night to hear Dr. T. W. Willingham and Professor and Mrs. Elbert T. Tindley at the Indoor camp meeting at the Medford Church of the Naza rene, Holly at First street. It was evident last night that It would be necessary to open the second auditorium to accom modate the crowd tonight. Both the singing and the preaching have proven the source of wide attraction. Representatives from Grants Pass, Ashland, Talent, and Phoenix are attending. There will be no services Sat urday but three great services have been planned for Sunday at 10:45 a. m., 2:45 p. m., and 7:45 p. m. All are welcome to share in the ministry in sermon and in (misic. SALEM'S CENTENNIAL Salem, Aug. 2. (IP) Seventy-five pioneers who have lived in Oregon before 1875 were honor guests today at a lunch eon given by the Salem centen nial organization. The descendants of immi grants who fought their way I across the plains to Oregon had their inning today as the cen tennial passe! its halfway mark. Hundreds of children, the youngest of whom were only 18 months old, marched 12 blocks in yesterday's parade dressed in pioneer costumes. Fish Eat Ducklings Bend, Ore., Aug. 2. OF) The carniverous German brown trout, sometimes known as the Loch Leven, got in bad with his appetite today. Fishermen saw ducklings and cygnets dls appearing from Bend's Mirror pond and later found the small, young birds in tha big fishes' stomachs. Changes Mind Portland, Aug. 2. (P) After leaping from the Burnside bridge into the Willamette river, a 29-year-old neatly dressed wo man changed her mind about suicide yesterday. She was res cused by harbor patrolmen while swimming toward shore. SECOND COMING NEAR DECLARES EVANGELIST Present day events in Europe and elsewhere are definite ful fillment of Bible prophecy, in dicating the very soon coming of Christ, claims the Rev. George Wright, evangelist of Kansas, now at the Foursquare church. Central and Jackson streets. This evening at 8:00 o'clock. Rev. Wright will show a sound motion picture, "The Sea of Strife." Admission is free. Weather Northern California: Fair to night. Saturday and Sunday, but fogs on coast night and morning, normal temperature moderate ' northwest wind off coast. Fern Valley Fern Valley, Aug. 2 (Spl.) Miss Marion Berns transacted business in Medford Monday. Climax of the contest at Sun day school came last Sunday with the red side winning by only a few points. As a penalty the blues entertained with an ice cream social Tuesday eve ning at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Lem Hughes. Miss Beth Cingcade was in charge of en tertainment. 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