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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORH. OREGON, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1940. PAGE FIVE 41ST DIVISION TO TO CAMP SEPT. 23 Motor Trucks and Trains to Carry Oregon Troops Recruiting Going Well Awards Myrtlewood Prize Salem, Sept. 11 UP) Concen tration of troops of the 41st di vision in the Fort Lewis-Camp Murray area will be completed by Monday, September 23, Gen eral George A. White, division commander, said today. Troops will be mobilized Mon day and some elements, includ ing advance detachments and service troops, will report to the Puget Sound camp by Friday of next week. Motor trucks and trains will carry Oregon troops to the con centration camp, while at the same time divisional troops from all over the northwest begin a converging movement. Tables for movement of 13,000 officers and men are now being prepared by General White. Recruiting, proceeding rap idly, is expected to bring the di vision to its peacetime strength of 13.000. Active training will start im mediately on arrival at the Washington camps. HOW THE? STAMD American League. ,W. L. Cleveland 78 57 Detroit 77 58 New York 75 57 Boston 73 62 Chicago 69 64 Washington 58 77 St. Louis 55 80 Philadelphia 50 78 National League. Cincinnati 84 4 Brooklyn 78 5 Pittsburgh 69 6 St. Louis 66 6 New York 66 6 Chicago 64 7 Boston . 56 7 Philadelphia 43 8 Pacific Coast League. Seattle ..108 62 , Los Angeles . 98 73 Oakland 92 80 San Diego 88 81 Sacramento 86 86 Hollywood 81 90 San Francisco 76 94 Portland . 53 117 53 PLAYERS REPORT FOR BEARCAT DRILLS Salem, Ore., Sept. 11. UP) With 53 players out, Willamette university of the northwest foot ball conference, resumed prac tice today for its Sept. 28 season opener against Portland univer sity. Workouts began yesterday. Coach Spec Keene expects the squad to reach 60 by the end of the week. The National Guard claimed the fourth Willamette player yes. terday. Ralph Farmer, 225 pound end. WALKER TAKES OATH AS POSTAL MASTER Washington. Sept. 11. (IP) Frank C. Walker took the oath of office today as postmaster general. The oath was administered by Stanley Reed, associate Justice of the supreme court, in Presi dent Roosevelt's office. Wal ker succeeds James A- Farley, who resigned August 31. Ml ANSWER IS FILED BYHOTELOWNERS1 Answer was filed yesterday by Niedcrmeycr, Inc., Callie Palm and Mary Wolfe, In the $25,000 damage suit filed against them by Harry Lowis. as the result of a fall down the Lake hotel stairs, last March, In which he sustained an injured hip. The case has been set for trial late this month. The plaintiff alleges the fall was the result of the stairway not being properly protected and lighted. The upper floor of the build ing at West Main and Grape streets is used as a hotel. It is owned by Niedermeyer. Inc., and Callie Palm. Mary Wolfe is the landlady. The answer holds the fall was due to Lowis not exercising due care and caution in traveling the stairs and, furthermore, as a resident of the hotel for some time previous to the accident, had full knowledge of their con dition and assumed any and all risks arising. FOB EXCESSIVE SPEED HAZEL DULEY RiTES WILL BE HELD HERE Births William Henry Smith, driver of a California licensed truck, charged with speeding a truck, with a four-wheeled trailer, on the Pacific highway in excess of 35 miles per hour, was assessed $5 and costs in Justice court yesterday Franklin A. Elrod, Jr. of Cen tral Point entered a plea of guilty to driving an auto with improper lights, and was fined $2 and costs. Haiel Duley, 42. a resident of Caves Junction, passed away at local hospital on Tuesday afternoon following an illness of three weeks. She is survived by her husband. West Duley. Funeral services will take place from the chapel of the Perl Funeral Home Thursday at 1 p. m with the Rev. S. L. Divine. D.D., officiating. Final rites will be in Siskiyou Me morial park. Born to Mr. and Mrs- Martin D. Schnack of route 3, box 206, at Sacred Heart hospital this morning. September 11, a bauy girl weighing six pounds, four ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Zundel of 115 Almond street, a baby girl weighing seven pounds, 14 ounces. Born at Sacred Heart hospital this morning, September 11. to All Electrical Work Anywhere Anytime OLSON ELECTRIC Fhone IS4 s N. Bartlrtt Typhoon Hits Japan Tokyo, Sept. 11. iP) A ty phoon which swept today over Kyushu, southwestern island of Japan proper, killed at least 22 persons, destroyed 50 houses, disrupted communications and damaged crops. ON DISPLAY TODAY AT Leonard Electric Co. A WIDE SELECTION OF NEW FLOOR LAMPS PAY ONLY 50c Use Copco's New 75 Plan Chances Are You'll Hava Nothing Mora to Pay. See Copco Adv. Below for Complete Details of 75 Plan. Louise La Planche. lovely young film actress, is shown above ready to present the Myrtlewood prise awarded by the Oregon delegation at the San Francisco fair during Farmers Automobile and Truck Insurance Exchange Day, Aug. 10. Harry B. Duncan, local representative of the insurance organisations reports all states in which the exchanges operate, were represented at the exposition. Woman s Airline Benefits Isolated Alaskan Towns AP Feature Service Nome, Alaska While the 24-hour summer daylight pre vails, Mrs. Madeline Mirow, believed to be the " only North American woman operating an airline on scheduled service, is drawing up plans for winter operation. Small, attractive and in her twenties, Mrs. Mirow, widow of Scotland Yard Moves London (JP) Scotland Yard has new headquarters an $800. 000 10-story extension to the overcrowded Embankment build ing The new Yard occupies 50,000 square feet of floor space and has been under construction three years. First big depart ment moving in is the criminal record office with its staff of 60 and files and photographs of every living "worthwhile" crim inal in the country. Champion Two-Miler Louisville UP) Four times each working day for the past 35 years, John J. Barry, publish er of the Kentucky Irish-American, has walked the two miles between his home and office. Barry figures he has walked more than 85.000 miles, back and forth. Hans Mirow who was killed at tempting to fly supplies to a marooned party, spends long hours charting courses and drumming up business for her six-plane line. Prospectors, miners and trap pers scattered on the Alaskan tundra north of Nome depend on her for mail during the long Arctic nights. The Mirow planes cart gold nuggets worth some times up to $75,000 a load, and enable miners to move in need ed freight a ton at a time. Next spring, before ice on the Bering sea has broken, a plane will call at little Eskimo village for cargoes of fox furs. If the planes did not call, shipments would have to wait for the first boat which comes in mid-sum-mer. Flying is hazardous In this country. The Nome airport often is blanketed by fog, and airports seldom are much more than cleared areas on the tundra, or sand beaches. Reared in Nome, Mrs. Mirow knows. Alaska and its problems. She has a radio operator's li cense and operates the ground stations which keep in contact with the Mirow aircraft. With all her work, she has time to keep house with her mother and her two young chil dren. Vawter, railroad conductor, got so excited he bid six hearts in stead of a grand slam in no trumps. He made it, as trumps weren't bunched against him. Champion By Proxy Washington. Iowa iPi Mrs Dell Walker has reason to be proud of her cooking. Her daughter, Marjorie, 18, and her son, Thomas, 15, were chosen Washington county's 4-H club health champions for 1940. Ignorance Was Bliss Lamar, Colo. lP) Ray Wil liams of Lamar had a broken leg for three days before he knew it. Getting out of his car to inspect a tire, he tripped and hurt his leg. Three days later the leg began to ache. An X-ray showed the bone was fractured. Tip From Waitress Pueblo. Colo. iJP) Customers who would like to have the tele phone number of one attractive Pueblo waitress don't have to ask for it. She wears it neatly engraved in the polish on her finger nails. Next Week: "No Sale" Memphis, Tenn. UP) A sign in a store here read: "A ring with every purchase." The wo man paid for her groceries, then asked: "Where's my ring?" The clerk grinned. "I Just gave you one lady a ring on the cash register." The Hard Way Williamson. W. Va -D W. A. Vawter. playing bridge picked up a perfect no-trump hand: TRY OUR HERBS WHEN OTHERS FAIL But don't wait until )ou ban falkd alia others. Inn1 eiprrlmrni Ith yonrlf. 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A 757. discount will be allowed tor 12 month on the amount your net bill for electric service exceeds the net bill for the same month a year ago thus, your credit accumulates while you are enjoying BETTER LIGHT. There's no red tape your credit is figured one year from the time t your purchase and, if it does not quite take care of the entire cost of your lamp, the balance may be paid In monthly installments of at least 50c each. THE NEW 4& 75 DISCOUNT PLAN Provides an easy way to secure good lighting in your home Chances are, you'll be adding other useful electrical appliances sn the course of the next few months that will mean that your earned credit will Increase more rapidly. Should you prefer to pay cash for your lamp and prices are specially reduced for this event your accumulated credit will be applied on your service bill at the end of the 12 months period to, you are sure to profit by taking advantage of this exceptional li DISCOUNT PLAN now! Here's Just one example of hew this 75 DISCOUNT PLAN works: If the lamp you choose costs $9.00 and, because of Increased use of electric service In your home your bill is $1.00 a month higher than a year ago, you will earn 75c a month to apply on the purchase of your lamp in LESS THAN 12 MONTHS the balance on your lamp will be paid and your actual Investment for BETTER LIGHT will be Just 50c If -you have not earned enough discount to pay for your lamp, or lamps, at the end of the first 12 months, you pay the difference in 12 installments of not leas than 50c a month. You are not limited to one floor or table lamp fall and winter months are ahead and youll be needing plenty of GOOD light chone more than one ef these scientifically designed CERTIFIED lamps while this 75 DISCOUNT PLAN Is in effect! SEE DEALER TODAY, ASK ABOUT THE 75 DISCOUNT PLAN - I Here's A Deal You Can't Afford To bliss! ON DISPLAY AT TROWBRIDGE -FLYNN ELECTRIC COMPANY 131 West Main. 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