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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1940. PAGE FTVB clearing Friday; cooler tonight and in south portion Friday; moderate changeable wind off the coast, becoming fresh north westerly. Eugene, Sept. 5. &) Mater nal mortality in the state of Oregon has been cut in half during the last five years, it was revealed today by Dr. Ray mond E. Watkins. Portland, chairman of the Oregon State Medical society committee on maternal welfare, attending the 66th annual session of the soci ety here. The present rate, he said, was 2.6 per thousand births, as com pared with 55 in 1935. The cumulative rate for the period was 3.9. Best records were post ed in Sherman and Gilliam coun ties where no deaths were list ed. Other low counties were Benton, .8: Polk, .4. Highest counties were Jefferson, 16, and Crook, 14. Weather Northern California: Unset tied tonight with light showers south and central portions: BACKACHE, LEG PAINS MAY BE DANGER SIGN Of Tired Kidneys If twekscb and log pains art making ftm niwrablt). don't iut comnlaio and do notbina about tbam. Nature may b arrun( you that your kidneys need attention. The kidneya ar Nature's chief way of taking Mcaaa arida and poiaonoua wail out of the blood. Tbty help moat peopla paaa about 3 piai ft day. if tha 15 mflea of kidney tutwa and filter don't work poisonous waala matter ataya in the blood. Theee poisons may alert nagging backaches, rheumatic pains, leg paina, lou of pep ana energy, gettiug up Dignin, eweiung, BufBneaa under the evea. headaches and dim- rjeea. Frequrnt or svanty paaxagca with smart ing and burning aouietiiiies shows there is aome lhirg wrong with your kiineys or bladder. Don't ait! Ak your dnifiat for Down's Pills. urd auerewfuUv b mitiiuna for over 40 rears. They five happy relief and will help the Id miM of money iuti nuan out pun wast from tti blood. Get Doan'a Fills, E I of the Kingsley and West Ore-! igon lumber companies of the Portland district, died yester day after a three-week illness. BOMBING PLANES GOING TO ALASKA Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 5. Ground troops bring stationed in Alaska as part of the revi talized national defense program will be bulwarked by bombing planes before November 1, Mc- Chord field officers revealed to day. Alaska will receive its first bombing force when the 73rd bombardment squadron is trans ferred from McChord to Fair banks, one of four bombing bases now being rushed to completion in the territory. BROWDER DENIED TOUR PERMISSION New York. Sept. 5 JP) Earl Russell Browder. commun ist presidential candidate under prison sentence for passport fraud, was denied permission to day to make a campaign speak ing tour on the Pacific coast. "I do not think there is any reason why a man convicted of a crime should be allowed to engage in political activities particularly against the govern ment, said Federal Judge John C. Knox, in denying Browder's application to leave the court's jurisdiction. The court was told Browder had intended to speak in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Butte, Mont. ONE IrYEAR TERM dLLER VICTIM OF TIDE Washington, Sept. S. (IP) Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Under-Secretary of the treasury early in the new deal, advocated today limiting the tenure of a president to a single six-year them to prevent "an ambitious man" from "destroying our form of government." Today we have seen definite and open steps taken to extend the power of the executive over that of congress and of the su preme court," he said in testify ing before a senate judiciary sub-committee in favor of a pro posed constitutional amendment limiting the presidential tenure. Li Portland Sept. 5. IP) The Pacific northwest forest and range experiment station said today preliminary totals indi cated Oregon topped the nation in lumber production for 1939. Totals showed Oregon produc ed 4.764.659.000 board feet of lumber, or nearly 53 per cent of the Pacific northwest total, to 4.244,863,000 or slightly more than 47 per cent, for Washing ton. Production for the two states was approximately 26.19 per Ant over 1938, the year in which Oregon surpassed Washington's output for the first time in 50 years. Gold Hill, Sept. 5. Spl.) John Dufur who with his wife and others was drowned while digging clams on Labor Day at Leadbctter point in Washington, was a former resident of this city where he attended school for several years before moving to Portland after his mother passed away here. Among his relatives who re side here are Kendall Dufur, youngest brother, Mrs. Wm. Puhl, an aunt. Mrs. Lillian McKay also an aunt, John Hayes, an uncle and several cousins. Another brother. Burnham Du fur. resides in Portland and was among a group at the same beach without knowing his brother and sister-in-law were there until in formed of the tragedy. An only sister of the Dufur boys, who resides in Montana is now in Portland. ASSESSORSFAVOR DEFINITE TAX LAW Lumberman Dies Portland, Sept. 5. UP) Ed ward D. Kingsley, 72, organizer Officer's Body Found- Bend, Sept. 5. IP) Draggers recovered the body of State Po liceman John Svetic, 25, from Suttle lake yesterday. He drown ed while swimming 10 days ago. Static. Venice. Fla. IP) A farmer brought his radio to John Cal vert to complain about noisy re ception. Inside Calvert found two rattlesnakes. Albany. Sept. 5. .P) Ore-I gon's tax exemption laws need clarification, the State Assessors' association declared last night in a resolution adopted in its an nual convention here. The assessors asked particu larly that exemptions extended to eleemosynary, fraternal and quasi-public institutions be made more definite. Charles Mack of Klamath county became the new associa tion president; Welby Stevens, Eugene, vice-president, while D. Z. Davis, Pendleton, was re elected secretary-treasurer. . Klamath Falls was awarded the 1941 convention. day, there was a Salem day crowd of 16.239 persons, a drop of 1.011 from the attendance on the same day last year. Yester day's betting on the horse races totaled $20,824, a gain of $7,700 over last year's Salem day. Robert Shumaker of Scio and Jean Magee of Dayton were judged the healthiest boy and girl in the 4-H club health con test. Awards today Included: Grand champion Ayrshire bull: Fred L. Kirby and sons, Simms. Mont. Grand champion Shorthorn bull: William R. Bond, Newark, Calif. Grand champion of poultry show and champion cock: Ed Shearer of Estacada. RUSSIA DRAFTS E Salem. Sept. 5. (Ti Today was Portland's day at the state fair, with a morning sun giv ing officials hope that today might be the first rainless day at the exposition. Despite heavy showers yester- Sea Gives Up Body. Portland, Sept. 5. (T) Re covery of the body of Mrs. Alice Dufur, one of four victims of the Labor Day tragedy off Lead better Point. Willapa Harbor, was reported last night by Coast guard Capt. J. L. Woodworth. The body was washed ashore near Ocean Park, Wash. His Drinks Cost. Tulsa. Okla. P) Judge Wal ter L. Kimmcl's court should be popular with women. Recently he tol J a defendant charged with coming home drunk: "You spoil ed your wife's day. I'll let you off if you buy her a new dress." The defendant said it was a bar gain and Mrs. Defendant looked awfully happy. Moscow. Sept- 5. IIP) Soviet Defense Commissar Marshal Se men Timoshenko today called up two new classes for military service. Commenting on the order, the Moscow newspaper Bolshevik noted that "the call to the colors comes during a very complicat ed international situation when the world is involved in a sec ond imperialist war." The number of men which the call will add to Russia's armed forces was not Indicated. Affected were all men born in 1920 and during the first eight months of 1921. Also summoned were all men born in 1921 and 1922 who have com pleted their secondary educa tion and whose compulsory mili tary training had hitherto been suspended. MULTNOMAH BOURBONS KEEP REGISTRY EDGE Portland, Sept. 5. HP) Dem ocrats continued to hold an edg in Multnomah county registra tions on September 1, Registrar James W. Gleason said today. County registration on tha first day of the month was 180.. 608, including 90.799 Democrats and 87.486 Republicans. F.H.A. Home Loans 4$-25 years to pay SOUTHERN OREGON TITLE CO. Affiliated with COMMONWEALTH. Inc. of Portland, Or. 227 W Main: Dial 4450 The largest tuna caught en rod and reel weighed 890 lbs. WOOD CIRCULATORS Bright and Nw, $22.50 and Up FICK HARDWARE WANTED AT ONCE TOMATOES Lots of 10 Lugs or Mora Knight Packing Co. It's a Ti. 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