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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14. 1940. ANNUAL 4-H FAIR AT COURT HOUSI ON AUGUST 22-23 County Club Agent Francis Announces Final Plans for Exhibits and Contests Mountain Victim Rescued Final plans are being made for the county 4-H home eco nomics fair which will be held in the courthouse auditorium, open to the public, August 22 and 23, L. E. Francis, county club agent, (aid today. Unusu ally active interest, said Mr Francis, Is being evidenced by club members and leaders in the fair, which provides classes for all of the divisions of cook ing, sewing, canning, homemak ing, room improvement. For estry and woodworking exhibits are also included in the fair. Premiums are being offered for ten places in each class and It is anticipated that there will be at least ISO club members participating and more than 200 exhibits entered. The fair this year is being sponsored for the first time by the Business and Professional Women's club of Mcdford, and one of the highlights of the fair will be the trophy which Is being presented by the club as an award for the outstanding 4-H home economics club that par ticipates in the fair. The award will be made on the following basis: Percent exhibiting 200 points, exhibit scores 100 points, Judging 100 points, demonstra tion 100 points. In addition to the regular classes there will be special con tests in cooking, clothing and canning judging, style revue, bread baking and dollar dinner. These various activities offer the club members additional oppor tunity to participate In activ ities in connection with their projects. Each contest has as top award a trip to the state fair where the teams and Individuals will represent Jackson county in statewide contests. Judges for the 4-H home eco nomics fair will be Miss Helen Cowgill, assistant state club leader, who will Judge all ex hibits, the ctyle revue, the dem onstrations and bread baking contest; and Mrs. Kenneth Fitz gerald, who will act as Judge of the dollar dinner contest. - r jwV F WENDELLWILLK1E Festivities in Former Indiana Home Town to Start at 10 A. M. Saturday. Anne Cedarquist. 22. Shelton. Wash., chemist, who fell io a three-foot ledge while climbing lofty Ml. Shuksan. is shown as she was rescued after being marooned 22 hours. H. Carl Boyer. of Seattle, one of Miss Cedarquist's companions, sum moned aid. while Faye Piank, third member of the party. stood guard. F TO FORT DOUGLAS Hamilton Field, Marin County. Calif., Aug. 14. (U.R Col. John F. Curry, commanding officer of the U. S. army airbasc ho-p, to day recelvcil r.rdcrj (j 'Iranc: practically his entire command to Fort Dougles, 'Jta'.i, on Sep tember 1. The order, amplifying pre vious announcements of tiic war department, called for transfer of the seventh bombardment squadron of heavy bombers, the 88th reconnaisance squadron, and the fifth air base squadron, an administrative detail. In all, 160 officers and 1558 men were affected. Corvallls, Ore., Aug. 14. W) A program of greater con sumption for farm products rallier than a system of ration ing should be agriculture's aim in a totul defense plan for the United States, M. L. Wilson, for mer under secretary of agri culture, said today. Elwood, Ind., Aug. 14. (IP) Details of the program Incident to Wendell L. Willkie's accept ance of the Republican presi dential nomination Saturday were announced today. The climax of the program comes at 3 p. m. (Central Stand ard Time) when Willkie is no tified formally of his nomina tion by Rep. Joseph W. Martin. Jr., of Massachusetts, national chairman, and delivers his ad dress of acceptance. The day's festivities will be gin at 10 a. m. with a four-hour entertainment in Callaway park, site of the acceptance. Arrive at Noon. The nominee and his party will arrive at noon by special train from Rushville, Ind. He is due to reach Rushville Thurs day night and remain there un til Saturday morning. He and Mrs. Willki-; will visit her moth er, Mrs. Cora Wilk, and he will probably visit his five farms in Rush county. After Willkie's arrival here he will be greeted by members of the Summit American Legion post No. 19 of Akron, .O., of which he was once commander. Then th nominee's party will motor to the high school for a brief program. Mayor George M. Bonham will welcome Will kie and introduce Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania, for mer Elwood city clerk. Davis will introduce the nominee. While the Willkie party pro ceeds to the park, members of the state ticket will be intro duced there by Arch N. Bob bitt, Indiana GO P. chairman. Hallsck to Preside. As Willkio reaches the speak ers' platform at 3 p. m a band will play "Back Home Again in Indiana." Rep. Charles A. Halleek of Rensselaer, Ind., who nominat ed Willkie at the national con vention, will preside. After Dr. William Lowe Bryan, preside nt emeritus of Indiana university, pronounces the Invocation, John Trapped by Film re IV 4 ti:nr .mrrrrjff Mrs. Elsie Feinstein (above). , claimed she did not know the I men accused of killing her hus j band, but she was held in $25.- 000 bail in New York on per j Jury indictments when a mo- lion picture film presented by : the prosecutor's office showed I her on a Florida beach with ! defendants Charles Workman and Albert Tannebaum. accused I members of Murders Inc. AIR BASE SOUGHT restricted defensive area off Pearl Harbor. This brought to 26 the number of such arrests, all fishermen, within the last six months. All except official vessels have been warned repeatedly to remain clear of the restricted Closing tun tor Too Late to Clu- y tirr Adi ulJOpm. Salem. Ore.. Aug. 14. (UP) Sen. Rufus Holman, R., Ore., today wired Secretary of State Earl Snell that the federal gov ernment would establish an air depot somewhere in the north west east of the Cascades. Snell presented the telegram to the board of control, the in dividual members of which pledged their personal aid in attempting to get the base for eastern Oregon. At the present time California has four air bases, Washington has two and Oregon has none. Holman'i telegram did not say how much would be spent on the base but some of the board mem bers said that they had heard the depot would comprise pur suit, bomber, supply and labora tory facilities. More 'Japs Nabbed Off Pearl Harbor Honolulu, Aug. 14. 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