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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1940. PAGE SEVEN LOCAL and Board To Mtt Jackson i County Chamber of Commerce board of director! will meet at luncheon in the Hotel Medford at noon Friday. At Dapot Lloyd Slueg, who had been visiting relativei in Aihland. boarded the north bound train here this morning for hi home in Grants Pau. At Headquarter Subaltern Frederick Leidel of Camp An nie Springs wa an official cal ler at CCC district headquarters here today. Driscoll Back William H. Driscoll, Medford district adju tant, returned to his desk today after a week's vacation which was spent at Eureka, Utah, and San Francisco. Vincent Home Noble T. Vin cent, manager of the Buster Brown store, returned by train this morning from Portland where he transacted business for several days. Transferred Company Com mander Lawrence C. Greenley. former company commander at Camp McKinley, has been trans ferred to and departed today for a new station. Camp St. Mary's Belton, Montana, in the Fort . Missoula CCC district. He was accompanied by Mrs- Greenley. To Meet Boo n DcMolay lodge will hold its first meeting of the fall season Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic hall. Special discussion of the dis trict convention being held Sat urday and Sunday in Grants Pass, will be held. Due Back Dan Hull of S17 South Grape street was expec ted to return home this after noon from San Francisco. He spent the holiday week-end at the Golden Gate international exposition. He travelled to San Francisco by United Mainliner Saturday night. Day At Beach Mr. and Mrs. John Cupp of 1017 Reddy ave nue and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shirley of 211 Vancouver ave nue spent Labor Day on the beach at Crescent City, Cal They motored to the coast city yesterday morning and returned home last evening. Visiting Here Dwight L Randall, connected with the U. S. weather bureau at Washing ton, D. C, is spending a two weeks' visit with his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. D. D. Randall of 36 Berkeley Way. Mr. Ran dall formerly resided here and has been busy meeting old friends- Baby Clinic Monthly well baby clinic will be held in the Sparrow memorial suite of the Jackson county courthouse from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health of ficer will be in charge. Miss Elizabeth McGaliard, county nurse will assist. Parents are asked to telephone Medford 4383 for appointments. Visit Here F. Kramer Deuel of Portland and C. Wellington Lord of Seattle, Wash., are visi tors here at the home of Mr Deuel's mother, Mrs. F- K. Deuel, 1018 South Oakdale ave nue. Mr. Deuel is in the title section of the land division of the Bonneville dam administra tion. Mr. Lord Is associated with the University of Washington in field work. They plan to leave here Thursday, accompanied by Mr. Deuel's mother, for San Francisco and Los Angeles to vacation for a week. Plan Passengers Miss D. Baker arrived by United Main liner this noon from Red Bluff, Cal. Departing on the same plane were J. Pomeroy, to Seat tle, and Mrs. S. Mendenhall of Grants Pass and Miss J. Kindall. to Portland- Arrivals on the forenoon Mainliner were D. Claudon, from Seattle, and S. Beesley, United Air Lines em ploye at Chicago, from Portland. C M. Starnes left this morning for Portland. M. Veatch and Al Nelson, United traffic represen tative at Portland, arrived from Portland last midnight nd de parting were Nancy Clark, to San Francisco, and W. Kenni cott. to Los Angeles. Mrs. M. Nelson left last night for Port land. W. Ellis arrived from Port land last evening and Miss T. Shero left on the same plane for Los Angeles- A. Hakkernp and Mis L. Bechtold departed for Portland yesterday noon. J. Bulpitt left for Los Angeles by Mainliner yesterday forenoon. Hi Hiram! The New 1941 Plymouth I Now Under the Canopy at Humphrey Motors 31 S. Riverside. Dial 4990. DE SOTO PLYMOUTH PERSONAL To Portland Miles Stuart of the R. I. Stuart and Son con tracting firm, his son, Bobby Stuart and Cliff Andruss of 407 South Oakdale avenue left yes terday by motorcar for Portland to transact busines for several day. . Chllds Hr Mr. and Mrs. Robert Child of Crescent CiV. Cal.. were Labor Day holiday visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Childs and family on Griffin Creek. They returned home today. The two Mr- Childs are brothers. To Kelso Frank. W. Hull of S17 South Grape street, left by motorcar last evening for Cor vallis and Kelso. Wash. At Kelso he was to get his grandmother, Mrs. Lottie Daniels, and bring her to her home here. Mrs. Dan iels has been visiting her sister, Mrs. M. E. Hull of Kelso, for the past five weeks. At Corvallis Mr- Hull was to make arrange ments for registering at Oregon State college for his junior year which he will begin soon. CITY TO OPERATE Y Salem, Sept. 3 (JP) The 41st division national guard, one of four divisions which President Roosevelt ordered mobilized on September 16, will move to camp at Fort Lewis, Wash-, about September 23, Major Gen eral George A. White, division commander, said today. The Oregon national guard, which with the guards of Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming comprise the division, includes 301 officer and 4,225 men, but recruiting campaigns will bring the total to 5,811 men. Salem, Sept. 3. (P) State armories will be taken over by cities when the Oregon national guard 1 mobilized September 16, Major General George A. White, who is in San Francisco conferring with Fourth army officials, telephoned his. office here today. Cities in which state armories are located will pay all operat ing costs of the armories. The mayor of each town in which there is state armory will be asked to appoint a board of three citizen to administer the armory during absence of the national guard. State-owned armories are lo cated in Salem, Ashland, Med ford, Roseburg, Cottage Grove, Albany, Dallas, Eugene. Marsh field, McMinnville, Silverton, Woodburn and Tillamook. No official word regarding the armory had been received by either Mayor C. C. Furnas or Capt. ' Carl Y. Tengwald. com manding officer of Company A and custodian of the building. The mayor said, however, that it would be reasonable for the citiee to take over care and oper ation of the armories and indi cated that Medford would be ready to cooperate in any ar rangements designed to aid in the national defense program It was thought likely that the city council would give informal consideration to the matter at its regular meeting tonight, pending receipt of an official communication. 10 PAVINGPROPOSALS A public hearing will be held before the city council in rei- ular session tonight on three street improvement proposals. The hearing will be held at 7:30, the regular council session to follow, in chambers on the top floor of city hall. The proposed paving improve ments: (1) Park avenue from Dakota avenue to the south line of Catherine street and Cath erine street from Park avenue to King street; (2) Daitota ave nue from King street to Peach street and Beekman avenue from Dakota avenue to the north line of lot 25, block 1. Tuttle's second addition: and (3) Mae street between Jackson street and Saling street. Other business to come be fore the council is expected to be mainly routine. SKATING The Pastime Roller Skating Rink ASNOfNCtS ITS Grant! Carnival Opening wrrr.DtT NIGHT, EPT. 4 At the Medford Armory POOR lon"t fnerlooa This firand Openln GIVEN REGION IN Higher Peaks Whitened As Medford Valley Area Re ceives Welcome Moisture Medford wa given a preview of winter today. Snow gave winter coverings to the top of Mt. McLoughlin and Mt. Scott and other high peak in Cnter Lake national park. It wa snowing hard this morning on Mt. Scott, the look out on the mountain reported to Rogue River national forest headquarter. No snow fell at the Crater lake rim level, how ever. The lower altitude were treated to rain that wa much needed for farm and forest land. While the rain was light in the valley, It was received with wel come relief because of the lark of irrigation water for fall crops The state and U. S. forest er- vice also welcomed the rain as a forest fire preventive, though it value will be only temporary unless more fall. Up to half an inch fell in the forest areas; the U. S. weather bureau measured .10 of an inch. Precipitation Heavy Total precipitation for the year ended August 31 was 22.60 inches, 4.S2 in excess of normal, the weather bureau said. That compared with 23 inches in the comparable 1937-38 period, highest on record. Snow short age last winter accounted for the inadequate storage of irri gation water. The temperature early this afternoon stood at 67 degrees, six degree lower than it was at the same time yesterday. Maxi mum yesterday was 76 degrees, lowest thi morning 32. Offices were so cold this morning that girl employes wore overcoats. Forecast wa for fair weather with considerable cloudiness. not much change In tempera ture. Portland, Sept. 3. P)Rain fell over most sections of Ore gon yesterday, but the federal weather bureau predicted an early end to the September in clemency. Partly cloudy condi tion today were expected to give way to fair weather tonight and Wednesday except for some cloudiness over the mountains and on the coast. Portland got .20 of an inch of rain in the 24 hours ending at 4:30 a. m. today. Eugene re ceived .09 of an inch. Bend .03, Hood River .13, Roseburg .06. IN DRAFMJEBATEi Washington, Sept. 8. W ' William Kenneally of New York, a youthful union leader, rose from his gallery seat during house debate on conscription I today and yelled out: "American conscription is American Fascism." He then dodged through gal lery door, but policemen set , upon him and took him to the I office of the house sergeant at arms. On the route to that office, the police with their prisoner In custody encountered a delega tion from the national maritime union's New York group. Ken- neany said he wa chairman of the NMU unit of a delegation of 600 which came to Washington from New York to oppose the conscription bill. Kenneally was released a few minutes after and left the capi tol In a taxlcab for the Union station, possibly to accompany the delegation back to New York. Washington. Sent.' 3.- The house debated military con- WANTED AT ONCE TOMATOES Lot of 10 Lug or More Knight Packing Co. t4 So. Front oprx 1:t P. M. "All for A flood Time" New Charlie Chan lVfystery t Xzj fir .'? v V W Called by critics the best Charlie Chan mystery yet. "Charlie Chan at the Wax Mu seum" opens for today and to morrow only at the Rialto The ater, promising tense chill and thrill entertainment. Sidney To ler again portrays the famous Oriental sleuth. Others featured are Sen Yung, C. Henry Gordon. Marc Lawrence and Joan Va scription today in speeches call-' ing it variously "the direct road to dictatorship," and a policy needed "to see to it that our na tion is properly defended." "Peacetime conscription is un-American, un-democratic and un-republican," Representative Fish (R-NY) declared to gallery applause after Representative Cox (D-Ga) spoke of members of anti-conscription delegations as "lousy bums." "It Is much Detter to train without fighting than fight with out training," Representative Sabath (D-Ill) said in arguing for the selective service legislation. Members of the house mili tary committee said today they had approved an amendment to the military conscription bill to, permit the government to take over, on a rental basis, industri al plants for production of de fense materials. 36 CONVICTS HUNTED AFTER KILLING GUARD IN PRISON OUTBREAK Cummins Prison Farm, Ark Sept. 8. UP) Grim posses in widely separated sections of Arkansas and Louisiana pressed a hot chase today for scattered members of a band of 36 con victs who killed a guard and ROSY Mloaa :4VU:I5 Ar ll-11-?nr- ties 2Jc Inc. Tax Kiddles tor last Times Tonlrht! rius "ti:ai oas squad" Z FLESH-AND-BLOOD EXCITEMENT ! ! A dramatic story of India to matrh the thrill of "Drama")!! TICHNICOIO m ZOLMN KOKOA . IA1FH IKMUDS0N C AUtrtT Wmt JOHN CUMWS JUKI JUrtC ORRO W J and T THURSDAY mm iiwcuMai PJi If A- M Kn et Jy f l. lerie. The story is laid in a chamber of horror which has become a murderer' hideout and before the hair-raising cli max, Chan meets many an eerie adventure with mummies and killer. "The Secret Seven," featuring Florence Rice, Barton MacLane and Bruce Bennett', plays as the second mystery feature with the Chan opus. wounded another in a Labor Day escape from the Arkansas penitentiary here. Two of the escapes, both ring leaders, were captured after a 30-minute gun battle at Garland City, in extreme southwestern Arkansas early today. No one was injured. Another gang of five armed convicts cornered along a high way near Columbia, La., at about the same time, killed Frank Gartman, a posseman, while using three youthful hostages as shields. The convicts, surrounded In a clump of trees two miles northeast of Columbia, still had with them the two girls and boy who were abducted yester day when the men took their automobile at Rayville, La. Gartman, Columbia automo bile dealer, was shot and killed when, as a citizen-deputy,' he ap proached the parked automobile of the convicts shortly after mid night. The abducted youths are Anna Laura Diamond, daughter of the Rayville marshal, Vonciele Wit liams and Jerry Harnigle, all about 16 or 17 years old. soTire Rev. Dawes win be heard again on KMCD Wednesday at 1 00 p. m- glTlng atudlea on The Rerelatlon. Murder strikes iNTSMBonoRToRS! nil -Sw i 7 f gEHEO OQQ0H VENGEANCE mm r as"- .-aVT UUaaSl A ' 1 at GEffisEJ Shows I:5-:4J-1:1S I nil ILDLyJUU Shirley Temple's Latest v A ' rollicking good time is i promised Cratcrian theatre pa- j trons starting tomorrow with the i opening of the four-iay run of I the new Shirley Temple picture, "Young People." In which Char- lotte Greenwood and Jack Oakie have the top featured roles with Shirley. Bubbling over with mirth and melody, "Young People" has made a greater hit with show goers than any Temple picture in years and proves that Shir- A carload of 1941 Plymouths was unloaded and placed on dis play at the showroom of the Pierce Allen Motor company to day, according to L. C. Taylor, owner. Three more carloads will ar rive within a few days with a wide selection of model and new colors. Taylor continued. The Dodge for 1941 is ex pected soon and will be equipped with the new fluid drive which is used to drive the car without a fixed mechanical connection at any desired speed without the shifting of gears, it was learned. MALTA COMMANDERY NO. 4 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MASONIC TEMPLE Stated Conclave. Election iSO and Installation of Offl cere. Plana for fall activities. Llffht re freshmen fa after the conclave. Vlsltlnc Knights welcome. JOHN H. ROLSTON. . O. R. K. Detnck, Recorder. Today & Wed.! DOUBLE MYSTERY SHOW .JL, NO KILLER COULD tSCAPI THI DBEAD DSAONET Of MEN SWOBN if 1 alUeU 12,? mi tk FLORENCE RICE ItrtM MkLANE loci BENNETT 'if i ley is still a great trouper, given the right sort of part to play. In this she plays the part of a youngster adopted by a couple of vaudeville performers and when she becomes a part of the act, everything that can possibly happen tor riotous result is brought into play. On the same program the Cra terian will have Donald Duck and Pluto in a new Walt Disney cartoon in technicolor, "Put Put Troubles." Cloaln time for Too Lata to Claa- alfr Ada la 1:30 p. m. Too Late to Classify OUERN8EY HEIFER rama to my place August 30. Owner call, pay for care and advertliln. H. E. Blrdaall, 2 mllea east Caaa Wrecking Yard. FOR RENT 3-room houne. unfur nished, ia.so month. Phone anoa. FOR SALE Weaner plea Phone MIS. FOR ALE A snap, muat be eold to close an estate. 0 - room modern house, clone In. SIBOO, on one of best streets In Medford. H. N. Lof land. 325 South Oakdale. ASTERS. OLADIOLU8, other flowers. Also heary fryers and cucumbers. Dresslers, 1107 East Main. Phone S6S. FOR BALE 130 head ewea and lambs. Warren Mee Ranch. Apple fate, Ore. Cl FAN 3-room furnished apartment. pnvate oath, (larnge. Dial 4543 SERVICE AND PARTS for all makea washers and pumpa. Pick Hardware. DAMSON PLUMS. 3c. Phone S2e. Perrydsle, Jacksonville. Highway. U A. Worden. ',.'- ttV7l clownsl make whoopo Jl l- i v'l and ialM caln it ' ' V ) i it."'M 1 iars-lhee-wall . . la tha 'JL'X'J I grt. laataU, fuaaltwt, if '$ ""- aCj. moat rollicking picture m.' '..! A Vi. ha' ft mad kar ttC-j "RHYTHM OW Mats lTTwTjoceEvee Mc tai lc-4rar It tw lS-tOclddtee-l WANTKD Ambitious student for train l nf whteh has ffiv-m lnertsMd mrnlng powr and pleavnt work to bmrt othsrs In past SI year. Dy and rung seMtons. up to dat courses and equipment, with sir and ltght conditioned class rooms. MfdTord Business Collet. Winter term opens Monday, Sep tember Iflth. OWK. COUNTRY LIFE CITY CONVENIENCES Fire-room modern home, on mile from city limit: 4 ten: tin view. I0 fooler, plenty bullt-lna: ell furnished M7S0. unfurnished 3500. city wtr. new hern, chick, en house, fere Clover, atraw berries, grapes Neer rood eehool on pared road. Terms on pen. Bo 137. Spring St. SMALL FURNISHED HOUSE. Inquire 134 S. Ivy. WANTED TO BUY Small OH burner. Oive make, cash price. Bos 44 1 riDUM. FOR SAUt aaxnphone. eello. mime oeraph and Hoover electric sweeper. 13 Vancouver. FOR rent B-room unfurnished house, call 13 Vancouver. FOR BALK Automatic record chant er. win hold eltht 10-inch records. 117 Beattv St. BIO BLOX Part dir. per load a .00. Mecuora run. tel. am. FOR RKNT 6-room modern house, unfurnished. No children. Refer noes required, rnqutre 110 Reddy. Phone 4745. PLYMOUTH TWt OlTl FOR 41 On Display Now at Plerce-AJtow Motor Co, 140 De Luxe Plymouth 4-daar sedan, new car guarantee, spe cially priced for qulrlt sale. PICRCE-ALLXN MOTOR CO. Dodge and Plymouth Distributor STATED MSBTINO of thai Medford Chapter Order of DeMolay at the tVMolay hall at 7 SO p. m. Sept. 4. Special business. All members ere unred to sttend. Bv order of th Master Councilor. Oeorve Oats Jr. Scribe. PEACHES Not to late for those choice rannlnr and table peaches at Victor Bursell ranch; now ready. Hurry and you wont be) dlseappolnted. Drive t ml. wast on Beal lan from highway. Phone 6408. HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID for SCRAP IRON AND METAL of all kinds, batteries, radiators, aluml num. copper, brasa: also hide, pelts and wool. Medford Banraln . House, 31 N. Grape. Phone 1744. DANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY MIOHT Townsend Hall 113 W. Mala It- ' Featuring Th FIVE HARMONIZERS Man -Be Ladle 10 Door PrltM
