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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER lfi. 1940. PAGE SEVEN LOCAL and Keiterman Here Harry A.) Ketterman, field supervisor of the Oregon state employment service, is spending several days transacting business at the local employment office. Mr. Ketter- man resides in Portland. Class To Meet Jackson coun ty art class will convene Thurs day at the home of Mrs. Nellie McCormick, 1318 Reddy ave nue. The session last week was held at the home of Mrs. Day mar Kohl, 511 Hamilton street. Fined $10 George Rushing. 37, was fined $10 in city court this morning on a charge of drunkenness. Luther Root, 34, and L. S. Bowen. 21, both charged with drunkenness, were ordered to leave town immedi ately or spend 10 days in Jail. They raid they would leave. , At Springs Joe Early, own er of the Hotel Holland, drove to Shasta Springs yesterday where he was joined by his son, Joe, Jr., and the two traveled to Klamath Falls. Mr- Early, Jr., who has been working at the Springs will now manage his father's hotel, the Early, in Kla math Falls and Mrs. Early, Sr., who has been managing it. will come to Medford soon to reside. Back From Fair Joseph W. Scobey, publicity officer of the Medford CCC district. E. H. Halliwell, company commander at Camp Steamboat, and Mrs. Scobey r et u r n e d yesterday morning from San Francisco where they spent a week's vacation- Their itinerary included the Golden Gate international exposition. During their ab sence, Nick, the well-known po lice dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. Scobey, eRed. The dog had been left in a hospital for care dur ing the week and for treatment for what was considered a slight cold. The Illness grew worse suddenly and ended in death. GOING AWAY LUGGAGE Whether returning io school or starting on your school career, we invite you to inspect our new Una of smart Luggage. Three-Hanger Pullman for coed or college man as low as $9.95 Grey or Brown Overnight Luggage from $1.00 F. E. BURK 314 East Main NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM Thousands of killed mechanics smd technics! and scientific workers srs needed by 0t Federal Government for national defense employment Good pay, satisfactory hours, and an opportunity to serve the country in highly important civilian jobs! See. the United Slates Civil Ssnrice Secretary at any first- or second-class post office for particulars. Do not write or corns to Washington. Workers without specialised train PERSONAL To Reahingle Ira A. Spencer of 310 North Bartlctt street ap plied at the city building inspec tor's office today for a permit to reshingle his residence at a stated cost of $140. Nine Strikes Lightning set nine trees on fire yesterday af ternoon in the Applegate dis trict of the Rogue River nation al forest. The fire was confined to a single tree in each instance All fires were quickly control led. In the Applegate district -31 of an inch of rain fell, in the Union Creek district. .55. Miner Accidents Bert Lum an of 14 Cottage street and Oakie Garrison of 536 Pearl street drove cars involved in a slight mishap at Jackson boule vard and Riverside avenue Sun day evening, a report stated to day. Machines operated by Bill Wall of 1036 Reddy avenue and Tony Mete of Medford were in volved in a slight accident on Central avenue between Main and Eighth streets Saturday af ternoon, a report on file said to day. Patterson Leaves George E. Patterson, a chief quartermas ter in the L". S. navy, left today to report at recruiting head quarters in Portland for an as signment to sea duty. Mr. Pat terson had been in charge of the recruiting sub-station here for two years and nine months. He made many friends during his stay here and was a well-known figure on the golf course. E. A. Roesel, who had assisted Mr. Patterson is now in charge of the sub-station in the federal building- Jack Carpenter, a new man here, is Mr. Rocsel'i assis tant. Meeting Tonight Talisman lodge, Knights of Pythias, will hold its big annual "kiekoif" meeting at 8 tonight in the K. P. hall at 5th and Grape streets. Roland Beach, deputy grand chancellor announced. The meeting will bring the summer rest period to a close and all members are eager to begin the work of the new season. Mr. Beach said. He requested all members to be present for the initial fall session as several items of important business are on the calendar. Including the election of a delegate and alter- , nate to the grand lodge and the selection of a lodge and district deputy grand chancellor. After the meeting, refreshments will ; be served- ! Have Baby Mr. and Mrs. Jo- seph Rinard of 1003 Sailing ave , nue received word yesterday j that their son-in-law and dauph- 1 ter, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Smith i of Washington, Iowa., are the parents of a boy, born the last of the week. The baby weighed six pounds. The Smiths formerly : lived in Medford. Mrs. Smith being the former Miss Btrniece ! Rinard- Both she and her hus band attended Medford high ' school. The baby's paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. I Sydney S. Smith, also former residents who now live in Iowa Mr. and Mrs. Rinard expect to leave this week by motorcar for Washington to visit their new and only grandchild. They plan to be away for several weeks. At Airport Arrivals yester day at Medford municipal air port were Ma). D. W. Goodrich, enroute from Oakland, Cal., to Fort "Lewis. Wash., in a Vuitee basic trainer: and Lieut. E. V. Moore. McChord field. Wash-, to Hamilton field. Cal.. in a Douglas observation plane. Plana Passengers R. R. Mc- Intyre arrived from San Fran cisco bv United Mainliner this noon and Miss R. Cummings left I on tne same plane lor ronnno R. Taylor departed for Sacra mento this forenoon. K. Jacobi i arrived from Los Angeles last i niRht and D. Walker departed for Portland. Harry Holmes re turned from Wenatchee, Wash., last evening and Mr- and Mrs. J. Ferguson left for San Fran cisco. Mrs. A. Murray arrived from Los AngeK-s yesterday af ternoon. C. Robinson arrived from Los Angeles yesterday noon and leaving for Portland were M. Lindeman and Al Lit trell. M. Esberg arrived from Portland yesterday forenoon and departing were F. Bodinson. to San Francisco, and F. Valen tlch. to Bakersfield. Cal- Miss M. Leavitt arrived from Los An geles early yesterday morning. Mainliner arrivals Saturday night were J. Hall, from Los Angeles, and A. Swingle, from Oakland. Loretta Young In Leading Role New Craterian Picture Proving that romance on the run can be lots of fun, Loretta Young and Melvyn Douglas yes terday came to the Craterian Theatre screen in one of the year's most delightful comedi-s. the saucy and scintillant He ' Stayed for Breakfast." Hectic account of a merry madman who barged into a lady's boudoir without knock ing, was not invited to dinner but stayed for breakfast any way, the new film has Alan Marshal. Eugene Pallette and Una O'Connor as featured mem bers of the cast. Douglas is delightfully cast as a politically-conscious waiter in a Paris cafe who becomes in creasingly annoyed by the very prescence of a pompous financ ier and promptly takes a pot shot at him. Fleeing, he finds sanctuary in the apartment of the unfortunate target's estrang ed wife, who thinks that shoot ing her husband was a very good idea and why didn't she think of it first? The girl helps to hide the fugitive not only from the police but from her former husband and from her present suitor. There is a great deal more to this love-ona-run funfest. Suf fice it to say that the fugitive eventually is captured and, in orrlor tn offr-t hi rloacj the girl promises to return to herjmond, Wash., July ju. lmu. ne husband. Douglas thus gains his attended the University of Ore release, only to discover that it gn and was graduated from now is his turn to harbor , (the Southern Oregon College of i-i-iminai h too v,!.H istm o Education. Ashland, in 1933. He pot-shot at the banker! Vatican Accuses Nasit Vatican City, Sept. 16. (IP) The Vatican radio broadcast a charge today that Germany had violated the 1933 concordat by! discouraging Catholic colleges aim man mi; riniiciim j vnwm exclusively Nazi. Closing ttma for Too Lata to Claa Ify Ada la I SO p m. William L. HaMey, Wimer CCC Commander, Sue- Climbs; WaS at Controls William L. Harley. 25, com mander of the CCC company at Camp Wimer and a lieuten ant In the army reserve, died in a hospital in Grants Pass last night from injuries suffer ed in a plane accident on the small emergency field near the camp Saturday afternoon. He was pilot of the plane. Harley was the second victim of the crash. His passenger, Robert E. Patterson, 30, of 236 North Ivy street, died a couple of hours after the accident. Harlay Pilot Harley was piloting a small training plane owned by the Grants Pass Flying club when he attempted a down-wind land ing on the small field. He over shot the field and the plane sheared off the tops of two trees and flipped over on Its back. The occupants were pinned in a mass of wreckage. The Associated Press at Grants Pass quoted club mem bers as saying Harley. a stu dent pilot, was not licensed to carry passengers. Patterson. em- ployed for seven years by the state forest department, was a . foreman at the Wimer CCC I camp. Friends thought Harley used the small field because of its proximity to the camp where both he and Patterson were em ployed. Patterson remained on duty at the camp every other week-end and was on duty Sat urday. Services Tuesday Funeraf services for Mr. Pat terson will be held at 9:00 a. m. tomorrow In Sacred Heart Catholic church. Graveside rites will be held at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday In Hillsboro where he attended high school. Active pallbearers will be James Harmon, Everett, Wash., Hilmer Erickson and John Ed wards, Rogue River, and Her bert Henderson, Lloyd Ham mack and Frederick Woodridge. Medford. Honorary pallbearers will be Richard Phair, John Clay, Lloyd Johnson, Willis Greer, R. E. Mann, Linn Mills and D. K. Plowman, Medford, and L. N. Hall. Ashland. Born In Raymond Patterson was born in Ray- was married in 1B3B. Me is sur vived by his wife. Maxine, his father, Jamees H. Patterson, Portland, and his grandmother, ; Mrs. Catherine Boltano, Hills- boro. Lieut. Harley came here In ; March, 1938, to serve with the tLt. AIXCF Serving B num ber of camps he was assigned to Wimer as company com mander. He and his wife came from Atlanta, Ga. He was the father of a daughter, Edith Jean, 13 months old. The fam ily resided at Rogue River. Memorial service for Lieut. Harley will be held in the Hull chapel in Grants Pass at 1:00 p. m. Wednesday. Chaplains H. W. Anderson and C. R. Pond of the CCC will officiate. The body will be taken by Mrs. Har ley to Atlanta for burial. The wrecked airplane was taken to Grants Pass this aft ernoon, the Associated Press reported. Inspector L. D. Cudde back of Seattle, affiliated with the safety board of the civil aeronautics authority, investi gated the crash scene yester day and Interviewed members of the Grants Pass Flying club this morning, an Associated Press report from Grants Pass said. Famed Art Gallery Nazi Bomb Target London, Sept. 16. IIP) The Tate gallery, one of London't . hign command earlier had re most famous art museums, was : ported Marshal Rudolfo Grazi struck by a bomb during a Ger.;anl-, army ,m .dvancing after man air attack last week, it destroying 50 tanks and armor was disclosed today. ,d car, .nd inflicting heavy The Tate gallery Its proper name is the National Gallery of British Art is on the Thames embankment, near Vauxhall , , , a I 1 1 nf DriOge. West VI UIV nuu?- ( ;.. -j -,.wu..., .,.. (parliament and forms a triangle; less of how small the payments j with them and Victoria station 'are. the attorney general ruled in the heart of London 'today. I FACTORS THE VI Willkie Says Economic Recovery Is Basic National Defense Need Aboard Willkie Train En Route to Coffeyville. Kas.. Sept. 16. (.P Wendell Willkie, his voice completely restored, said today the basic defense Ameri ca must make is rehabilitation of domestic economy. The Republican presidential nominee told a crowd around his train at Pleasant Hill, Mo.: One nf the basic differences between the doctrines preached by Franklin D. Koosevelt ana myself is that Mr. Roosevelt thinks the building of defense depends primarily on battle ships, arms and guns, while 1 think it Is as important to build up domestic economy " Willkie said he would demon strata during the campaign that I an adequate defense could not Stennett Rode Cherokee Rush 47 Years Ago Forty-seven years ago today, A. F. Stennett, chief of the Mall Tribune composing room, raced pell mell on cow pony to Pawnee to stake off some choice land in the open Cherokee strip of Oklahoma. Making the 15-mile ride from the starting line near Stillwater in one hour and 15 minutes. Stennett quickly planted the 17 stakes he carried in his saddle bag and then relaxed with the satisfied feeling of having laid proper claim to a whole city block. When a plat was made, however, he discovered that the lots ran in the opposite way from which he had sunk his stakes and all he staked out for himself was one nice, long, nar row lot. In a few weeks he sold the lot to a brewing company for $75. Mr. Stennett recalled today that he started out on the race at high noon September 16, 1893 after sleeping for two nights in a line in order to register for the race. All kinds of conveyances and animals were used for trans portation in the race, he said. He recalled seeing oxen, smart phaetons, racing horses and even the old bicycles with the big wheels. Mr. Stennett shipped printing equipment into the town and he set up the Pawnee Pioneer, first newspaper in the new settle ment. T Brooklyn. Sept. 16 OP) The Cincinnati Reds squeezed out a 4 to 3 ten-inninj victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers today on Bill Baker's liner with the bases loaded Just after Manager Leo Durocher of the Dodgers had been ejected for arguing with Umpire George Magerkurth. As fans poured Into the field after the game the umpire be came Involved in a fight and the towering Magerkurth was knocked to the ground. His as sailant continued to pummel him on the ground and it re quired the combined efforts of a squad of uniformed ushers and the two other umpires, Bill Stewart and Tom Dunn, to get through the swarming crowd and separate the pair. By this time other fist fights had broken out on the diamond, but police and more peaceable fans managed to restore order. ITALIANS BREAK FIRST DEFENSES Rome, Sept, 16. (IP) Italian forces have broken through the first Important line of perman- lent British fortifications facing tne uoyan frontier in their ad- vance through Salum, the news paper II Giornale D'ltalia re ported today. It said the Italian forces also had captured many British arms and desert trucks. The losses on British troops. Salem. Sept. 16 lA't Tax col- lectors must accept tax Instal- ! manti In enw emminta r-0ar4. OF HOTEL IMPORTANCE! I COMfOHTAELI BOOMS be built under the Roosevelt administration. Franklin D. Roosevelt." he continued, "has contributed greatly to the collapse of democ racy in the world by failing to build a strong economy in America." Willkie, whose voice became so hoarse Saturday that ha was forced to forego several train platform speeches, was treated by throat specialists in Kansas City, where he spent the Sun day resting. Before leaving Kansas City for Coffeyville. Kas., where he will deliver his first major cam paign speech later today. Will kie turned over to Alf M. Lan- don. some of the speech-making through Missouri and Kansas. Cow Pony in WAR DEPT. LETS PLANE CONTRACTS Washington, Sept. 16 (IP) The war department today an nounced contracts for airplanes totalling $116,842,227. No deliv ery dates were announced. The contracts included: Glenn L. Martin company. Baltimore. Md., bombers and spare parts. $14,269,646. Boeing Airplane company, Stearman aircraft division, Wi chita, Kas., training planes and spare parts. $6,934,096. Boeing Aircraft company (CQ1 Seattle, Wash., bombers and spare parts, $59,726,850. Lockheed Aircraft corporation Burbank, Calif., pursuit planes and spare parts, $15,646,450. Douglas Airplane company, Santa Monica, Calif., transport airplanes and spare parts, $20,- 229.184. In accordance with recently inaugurated policy, the depart ment did not disclose the num ber of planes involved in the contracts. T AFTER HOLIDAY Mexico City, Sept. 16 (IP) Mexico, pledged anew by Presi dent Lazaro Cardenas to conti nental solidarity, would up her two-day independence celebra tion in comparative quiet today after a night of sporadic clashes in which guns, clubs, stones and firecrackers took a toll of two dead and 59 Injured. Hospital authorities regarded the number of casualties as small in the nation-wide obser vance of the Independence Mex ico gained from Spain 130 years ago. Camp Murray, Wash.. Sept. 16, (IP) While M-day turned every sizable town in Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming into a naltonal guard mobilization point today, the tempo of preparations increased here as workmen rushed the 41st NO MAI I.NLLs ON UK 1IAVS! ROXY hhona 7-:l5 Atea lt-l.1-or fctes 2Ac Inc. las Kiddies loci Your Road To Fun! Ends Tomorrow Kit; j Wroad to riuf. Mjtrllta tUy In -Thi MRMKR'H UAtCiHTKR" Holt Coming Jack Holt plays a two-fisted sheriff, battling to give youth ful law-breakers an even break in "Fugitive from a Prison Camp," which comes to the Rlalto Theatre for tomorrow and Wednesday as the compan ion feature with "We Who Are Young." a drama of modern youth starring Lana Turner and John Shelton. Marian Marsh and Robert Barrat have featured roles with Holt- division's temporary encamp ment toward completion. Brig. Gen. Maurice Thompson, adjutant general of Washington, said camp improvements would be virtually complete by the middle of the week when the first troops arrive. Concentra tion of the northwest guardsmen at Camp Murray will be com pleted next Monday. Although wrens have their headquarters in tropical Amer ica, they are found as far north as Greenland. Too Late to Classify MEDFORD BAROATN HOUSE SPECIALS CAR Load of Roofing Paper, Building paper, nesting and Felt paper. !ea than mall order prices. Also Corrugated Iron. LARGE stock of Army reclaimed goods shoes. Boota, Loggers, Blin keta. Water Repellent; Jackets and Qullta. priced to aell. COOK Stoves. Ranges, Heatera, Cir culators, new and uaed. New stovs pipe, each 30c per Joint. TENTS, Tarpaullna, Sleeping Bags, Cotg end Pada. WINDOWS, Doom, window Olaaa. all alrea, new and need. WIRE Netting-. Barb Wire. Fencing. Baling Tlea, at popular pricea. FOR SALE Acre clover, three-room houae 81SO.0O 8150.00 down, (13.00 month. Aleo modem five-room plastered houxe, acre clover. S17S0.0O 83S0.00 down, gia.so month. H. O. WILSON 1 Chestnut Phona 4844 PEACHES A a I w a y Freeatonea at Tucker's. 4th houaa on right, Orch ard noma Drive. FOR SALF Toy ahepherd year-old male, SI. SO. Texaco Service Station, Blackwell Hill. FOR RENT Room, board If desired. S39 W. 11th. DRESSED POULTRY SPECIAL Fat hena. 30c lb; small fryers 330 lb. Will deliver all ordera placed day before. Dial 42A7 before 9 A. M. CARMY FARM LOST Australian shepherd dog; white, brown and black coloring. Name Jlnge. Llccna Kb. 879. Re ward. Phona 0548. Roaco L. Doty. LOST Billfold. Keep money and re turn oontenta to Mall Tribune. FOR SALE Duroc brood aow with 10 pisa, cheap. R. E. Prltchett, Shady Cove. HAMMFRF.D Alfalfa hay for eel. D. P. Dutrgan. Sams Valley, Rout 1, Central Point. Mala 27c las SrSflo Evea 8c tai 4e-40e Ages lo ivtoo Kiddles Always loc Record Crowds-Record Laffs Positively Endi Tomorrow! - -It l" " WEDNESDAYl He's a Letabl (lad Man Again! s-srTv! a I L re WANTED Man to earn for bedfast Iderly man. In country. 820 00 month and board. Apply and houe on nht past Wainar Creek School Houae. WANTTD Janitor work in an apart ment. Rufua Hayaom. Palac Hotel. rOR SALS About ! acre good black aotl. eoe In. UO0. AUtO 4-ROOM modern houaf. 11000 3O0 down. 820 per month. H. N. Lnfland. 32ft South Oekdal. WHITS: Malaga. Blue Malvrjy Grepee, lKt houaa vnt of Upper Orlfflo Creek School. FOR SALE Purebred Shropahtr ram and ram lamba Salada ranch, John Bohnert. 31 VOLT Delro light plant, too n. C. P. Blair. Meridian road, Browna boro. FOR SALE Pulleu and laying hana. Dryden Rock. McRae Reda and Hanaen Leghorn, doling out alt our choice, breeding, itork at ord inary prices. Will accept tn trada eattla to go out on paatura. ealvea. yearling or dry eowa. with every purchaae of 30 pulleta or hena will Include free an unrelated cockerel. CARIiey POULTRY FARM North B'Jt T Market FOR SALE SO.JO Marl In rWe. - cellent condition 10. 1005 w. Main. WANTED Bachelor Apt. Rufua Hay aom. Palaca Hotel. VETCH AND PEAS, per cwt 88 S for hav and cover crop purpoaea. AIM BEST QUALITY FIELD Beedal Kanota Seed Oata, per cwt-....81.6S Orav Seed Oata. per cwt. S1.7S Jenkins Club Wheat, per ewt. SI IS Federation Seed Wheat, per ewt. 1.75. Afk for pticea on other field aeeda Cloven, paatura Mlsturaa, tc. F. I. SAMSON COMPANY 4th and Front FOR SALB- Peaehee. and Grape. varletlea. i mile South OrlfTIn Creek School. Henry Huklll. FOR RENT s-room furalahed Apt. 330 Haven St. FOR RENT Small furnished apart ment. 408 so. Riversia. FOR SALE Two eowa to farrow this month. Corcoran. Roes Lana. FOR SALE Italian and Petit prun. Phona 6031. FOR RENT One light hotleekeeptng som. la Laurel. COLUMBIA river canning aalmem. le lb. Salmon eggs, ttouy eaaioooa. Dial 4331. - HIOHEST CASH PRICES PAID for SCRAP IRON AND METAL or all klnda, battartaa. radiators, alumi num, copper, braaa: ftlao hides, pelta and wool. Medford Bargain House. 37 N. Or pa. Phona 174. KEWLT RENOVATED NEWLY FURNISHED AFAItTMBnT FOR RENT Nicely furnlahad outatde apartment, croas vantlla ' tlon. large bedroom with fireplace, combination J living room and dining mora, cabinet kitchen, with electric rang and a 1 a e t r t e refrigeration, bath, ator room and pa clous room for clothe Hot and cold water and steam beat furalahed, also . garbage eervlo. Low rant to permanent tenant. Ap ply Mall Tribune office. Shoos Today at 1;45-:4:IS Hurrjl Laughs End Tonltel with Brian lxnlj Plus "WILDCAT BOi- Whan youth and Iotw Joia foreeal HOLT r iyiy f ' C v UM t - I "r U , J I I etarrtag II T Morrow - and WEP lfM mams rnon a pninotj CAMP aa (Mai Kara) sal tattn tarn WEDNESDAY . THURSDAY ninger horla ROGERS XARLOrr inel Margaret MeCREA LINDSAY In Id "Prlmrosa "British Path" Inlalllgence" 2 GOOD SERVICE 3 PLEASANT SUFOUN'.lNr. 4 SENSIBLE RAT?? COFFEE SHOP TAVERN ing are not needed at this tims. WiTD r't$ C SCVKl COllstJO aa--!..-.,;:;;;. THE NEED IS URGENT-ACT TODAY! rroaH90(narbttli)-rrosi a0O(mhbatki 'li ' i i1 '-' TSTTl ' tiWg S AN Dl EGO !7 a' Uatu. i i n-rr