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
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Cleveland IP) James Law
son and Helen Mcllcr argued
from childhood who would mar
ry first, but now it's settled.
Miss Mcllcr is to become Mrs.
Lawson.
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