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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. With the crowd di
vided Into four groups contests
made up the evening'i amuse
ments. There were sixty-five
present.
Mra. Audrey Parsons and children
Bonlcla and Jean of Medford ware
gueete of Mrs. Marshall Wedneaday.
Mlsa Mary Hensler Is visiting rela
Uvea and frtende In tha community
during her two weeka vacation from
nurses training tn Portland.
Mra. Emma Colby and eon Orvllle
from Oranta Pass were dinner guests
of Mra. Cotbye brother. Joe Wood
cock, and family Monday evening.
The community la looking forward
to a wiener roast on Roty Anne
Friday evening. Everyone la Invited.
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