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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORrj. OREGON. SUNDAY. AUGUST 11. 1940 PAGE TEN GIVEN CONTRACT IT Contract for the corutructlon of the U. S. army air corps radio operation building at Medford municipal airport has been awarded to A. T. Beckett of Oakland, Cal., It was an nounced here yesterday. Beckett's bid was $9,400, con siderably more than the sum originally allotted for the build ing. The bids were opened In the office of Ma J. E. P. Anton- ovich, constructing quartermas ter at McChord field, Tacoma, Wash. Work Starts Soon Work on the building Is to be started In the near future. It will be a one-story brick building with a tile roof. The building will be erected a little south and to the east of the hangar. Outside dimensions will be 20 by 43 feet. The building will contain the radio operating room, office, locker room with IS lockers, shower room, large vestibule and heating unit room. It is Intended for use not only by the radio operating personnel but by army pilots passing through. It was originally planned as two-story structure with sleeping quarters and a lounge room for pilots but the cost, as shown In the first set of bids, was found too much In excess of the $7,500 earmarked for the building. All original bids were thrown out. new plans and specifications drawn up and new bids asked for. To Lay Cable In addition to the building, contract is expected to be let soon for the laying of the cable to connect the operations build ing with the radio transmitter situated on Crater Lake high way. This in itself, It was said, will Involve a considerable ex penditure. Work has been done on the trench for the cable. The project for the radio op rations building was started by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the army rep resentatives here. Spokesmen for both and for the city yes terday expressed their gratifi cation upon receiving word that the contract had been let. Receipt of word of the award ing of the contract followed closely the announcement Fri day afternoon that the war de partment had approved a $120, 000 airport Improvement plan s a WPA project under the country's defense program. Kenne'th S. Perry, engineer from the state WPA office at Portland, came here to work with Fred W. Schcffcl, city sup erintendent, and his aides in preparing detailed plans and specifications In an effort to expedite the work. Mr. Perry nd Mr. Scheffcl stated yester day that the detailed plans and specifications would probably be completed Tuesday. The work sheets must then be ap proved by various officials. T FOR AUTO THEFT Irving K. Bicknell. 37. a tran sient, and Earl F. Feltenberger, 39, who said his home was in Kansas City. Mo., were arrested by state police early Saturday morning and lodged in the county jail on charges of auto theft. Their arrest followed an auto mobile accident on the Midway road about two miles this side of Bybee bridge, in which the alleged stolen car they were driving collided with a machine operated by Joseph E. Spayde of Ashland. The cars were dam aged considerably, but nobody was injured. State police said that Bicknell and Feltenberger admitted steal ing a Pontiac coupe in Ashland Friday night, owned by Noel Taylor. They headed for Grants Pass, but got off the Pacific highway fend traveled on Mid way road, police quoted them as stating. About 1:30 a. m. Saturday, police said, their car and Spay de' collided, and following the accident Bicknell and Felten berger scurried away and hid in the brush about 200 yards from the scene of the accident. In the meantime Spayde came to Medford, reported the acci dent and flight of Bicknell and Feltenberger to state police, and the two men were arrested In their hiding place. They gave up without trouble, and police said they were "very drunk." CUT IN ACCIDENT Mrs. Paul Hackett of Route 4 suffered a cut forehead Satur day afternoon when the car in which she was a passenger, driven by Pauline Hackett, col lided with a machine operated by Audrey Flynn of 219 Mc Andrews road, at Fourth street and North Central avenue. The accident occurred, accord ing to city police, while Miss Hackett's machine was traveling north on Central avenue and the other vehicle was moving east on Fourth street. Mrs. Hackett's head came in contact with the windshield. Both cars were damaged considerably. Gladys Stone, 21, and Velma Edwards, 24, passengers in a car operated by Faye L. Knapp j of 108 Columbus avenue, were injured early Saturday morning when their machine sideswiped a car driven by Leona Gilliland Chisman of Ashland, at Voor hies crossing south of this city, a report on file said yesterday. According to the report, the Knapp auto, traveling north on the Pacific highway, passed a parked truck at the satne time the pther machine, traveling south, reached the scene. Mrs.' S. J. Richardson of Cen tral Point and L. N. Younger of 227 South Holly street drove cars involved in a slight acci dent on Front street between Main and Sixth streets Friday afternoon, a report on file said yesterday. Autos operated by Murl Hutch inson of Days Creek and S. H. Clayton of Chicago collided Sat urday morning on the Tiller Trail highway eight miles north of Trail, a report on file said yesterday. Death Rehearsal. La Llnta, Spain, Aug. 10. HP) Anti-aircraft batteries and recently arrived airplanes at Gibraltar rehearsed today for expected air attacks. T.R MANAGER. PASSES Thomas H. Ness, 80, division manager for the California Ore gon Power company at Rose burg, passed away in the latter city at 3:30 a. m. Saturday after month's illness. Mr. Ness, who was born In Smlthficlil, Out., had charge of electrification of the Southern Pacific intrrurban system In the bay area and was employed by the East St. Louis and Suburban company in similar work before coming to Medford February 1, 1921, as general construction superintendent for the Califor nia Oregon Tower company. He supervised construction of sev eral transmission lines for the company, one of them, from Prospect to Springfield, being the longest in the company's territory. When the Copco purchased the Douglas County Light and Water company It Roseburg in 1923, Mr. Ness was transferred to that city as division manager. and he continued in that capac ity with exception of nine years when he was division manager for the Mountain States Power company at Coos bay. Survivors, besides his wife, Include five daughters, Mrs. A L. Ifawn, of Eugene; Mr. C W. Wakefield and Mrs. F. C. 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