PAGE FOUR
T:
FOR 9,174 PLANES
SINCE COIN READY
Seoy. Stimson Reviews Pro
, gress in Defense F.D.R.
Signs Dock Construction
Washington. Sept. 19 JPh
Secretary Stimson announced
today that the war department
had signed contracts lince July
1 (or 9.174. of 18,841 war planes
for which congress has provided
funds at this session.
Reviewing progress made by
the army In reinforcing defenses
In the last three months, Stim
son said the figures were for
airplane purchases "as of to
day." 1000 Monthly Output
An estimate that mounting
American production of war
planes had reached 1,000 a
month came meanwhile from of
ficials of the aeronautical cham
ber of commerce.
"Several hundred" of these,
officials said, were believed des
tined for Great Britain. In Aug
ust, total production of all but
small private aircraft was put by
the national defense commission
at 865 planes, of which 238 were
for Britain.
By February or March, offi
cials of the aeronautical cham
ber estimated, American output
will be at least 1,300 planes a
month. They estimated possibly
half of these might be for Bri
tain. At the same time Stimson In
a series of announcements, dis
closed tentative plans to call to
active duty approximately 37,
000 national guard officers and
men In November. They will
comprise the third and fourth
national guard increments to be
called out.
Under present plans, no fur
ther units will be ordered to
service before January 3.
At the White House, mean
while. President Roosevelt sign
ed legislation authorizing $23,
880,000 worth of navy drydock
construction in preparation for
the day when the fleet will In
clude 43,000-ton battleships. One
huge graving dock will be built
in New York harbor, and an
oiner in me Caribbean area
while extensive improvements
will be made at the South Bos
ton, Mass., Navy yard.
Eye Sabotage Bill
At the capitol the house rules
committee arranged for the
house to take up soon a bill to
make immediately effective a
war-time fines up to $10,000 and
imprisonment up to 10 years for
sabotage of defense production
or transportation.
In discussing plane orders
Stimson gave no delivery dates.;
In addition to the plane andl
guard announcements he said-,,11
also:
The war department has be
gun investigation of titles look
ing to the purchase of between
20.000 and 30.000 acres to en.
large the present 33.000-acre
area of Fort Knox, Ky., head
quarters for the newly organ
ized first armored corps.
Construction of barracks and
other facilities for an aggregate
of more than 100,000 troops has
been authorized at seven mili
tary posts. The posts and the
number of soldiers to be pro-
vlded for at each include: San ,
I-uis Obispo. Calif., one guard
division and other troops. 20.
000 men; March Field, Calif-,
anti-aircraft firing center, 12.500
men.
Penny tn Cow's Brain.
Seattle. Wash. tU.R' A Seat
tle slaughterhouse uncovered s
miniature bonanra when butch-
, ..,;, na I
rn.?"!!..1
from the brain of a llolstein
row. It was found in the left I
front section of the brain and
was believed to have been "sniff
ed up" by the cow while the
animal was grazing
Still Faithful.
n. v v -ii d u'likii.1,
engine out of the chassis only !
once mr main Dearing repairs,
and equipped with kerosene
headlights and its original old
style brass radiator. Jesre J.
Johnson still operate his 1914
automobile. He proudly boasts
that it has never been In an
accident or towed.
MANY NEVER
SUSPECT CAUSE
OF BACKACHES
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New York Times Favors Willkie
As Best Bet in Present Crisis
New York. Sept. 19. (-TV-The New York Times, which sup
ported Franklin D. Roosevelt for President In 1932 and 1938,
came out against third term today In an editorial supporting
Wendell L. Willkie.
The Times, an Independent
Democratic newspaper, has not!
supported a Republican presi
dential candidate since 1908- Ob
serving that it was making its
choice in "one of the greatest
crises of this nation's history,"
the paper said it chose Willkie
"primarily for these reasons":
"Because we believe he is bet
ter equipped than Mr. Roose-!
velt to provide this country
an adequate defense; because we
believe he is a practical liberal
who understands the need of
increased production; because we
L.-H-..- .u. : i
uniinuiuiiKiiKiipuiRiaw
Mr Roosevelt have failed dis
astrously; because we believe
that at a time when the tradi
tional safeguards of democracy
are falling everywhere it is par
ticularly important to honor and
preserve the American tradition
against vesting the enormous
powers of the presidency in the
V,.,l. ., .1
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EARLY PORTLAND DAYS
Portland, Sept. 19. (IP) A
truck company rented the quar
ters at 227 S. W. 1st avenue the
other day and the E- L. Taylor
shop is moving up the street a
block.
The news brought a nostalgic
tug to Portlanricrs whose mem
ories hold the clatter of. hooves,
the squeal of dry axles and the
sweet, cindery aroma of a forge.
Taylor's Is Portland's last black
smith shop of the old, open-door
style where red-hot horseshoes
were hand - fashioned to order.
plunged Into a tub of black
water and nailed on In a single
operation.
Taylor opened his shop tn
buckboard days and blacksmith
ed through the Pacific north
west's adolescence. In 1931 the
shop passed Into the hands of
W. Garner and O. W. Peterson,
but Taylor still works in it.
Most of the work now Is mak
ing and repairing logging tools,
machine blacksmilhing and, oc
casionally, a shoeing Job for
countv fair or livestock exhib
itors. Garner, Peterson and Taylor
say there Isn't a good black
smith under S3 any more, and
most of the real artisans of the
anvil ore In their 60s or 70s.
Taylor himself Is 74.
Lake County Draws
Army Of Hunters
Silver Lake, Ore.. Sept. 19
Hundreds of hunters from
all parts of OrcRon and sur
rounding states trekked Into this
popular Lake county hunting
grounds today tor the opening
of the deer season tomorrow.
Jacksonville Boy
Enlists in Navy
Portland. Sept. ltlM') Thir
ty men enlisted Wednesday at
the Portland navy recruiting
office. Lieut -Commander L. B
Stuart said. They were sent 1m
mediately to the San Diego
training station
Included was Earl E. Huvtk.
Jacksonville.
Profits Boy Scouts,
Story City. la. CJ Pi Boy
Scout troop 101 owes i great
deal to corn. On acreages do
nated to the troop the scouts
have grown popcorn and sweet
corn Whil'h nroviilrH mnn,t rnr
'
nim uiuii nirm a new canin.
War Changes Tastes.
Portland. Me. iU R S i n c e
the beginning of the European j
war. me punnc nnrary reports
a record increase in books lent I
U'lt:i tt trai,, - l: '
ii.iuiiiK,
jeets.
nical sub
Dial 2123
FCR GREEN PINE
SLAESS
Timber Products Company
HSO'oat
END NORTH
MEDFORD MATL
DR. JOHNSON RITES
FRIDAY 2 P. M. AT
FIRST METHODIST
. , , .
L""""' """7' ,or DKr
P""er Johnson who
; passed away Sunday, at the fa-
. m. . no ,
will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at
the First Methodist church, on
West Main street. The Rev. Jo
seph Knotts, pastor, will offici
ate and interment will be In
Siskiyou Memorial Park. The
Perl Funeral Home is In charge
of arrangements.
rn.ii.-
Active pall-bearers will be
Ri- B'
son, Charles H. Paske, R. C.
Van Valzah, F. G. Bunch and
B. R. Elliott. Honorary pall
bearers wil! be Drs. Ralph Dip-
pel, C. C. G Ubcrry, George H
Goodrich. Wrier Hoppe, James
;S. Johnson, R. C. Mulholland.
Frederick H. Johnson. I. D.
Phipps, Frank Roberts, L. L.
Sanders and C. E. Kunz.
Dr. Johnson had resided in
Medford for the past ten years.
He was born at Liberty, Kas.,
October 22, 1887. His parents
were Amos Franklin and Carrie
Parker Johnson. When a baby,
his parents mover to Independ
ence, Kas. where he was reared.
He attended Montgomery
County high school, Kansas
State college, Baker university
and graduated from Western
Dental College in Kansas City,
Mo., with the class of 1912. His
first professional location was
at Florence. Oregon, where he
remained until he went into the
medical service of the U. S.
army during the World war.
He was commissioned Nov. 8,
1917 and served overseas with
the Engineer corps of the A.E.F.
as dental officer. He was dis
charged July 31, 1920.
Dr. Johnson was married
July 3. 1921 in Spokane, Wash.,
to Nellie Juanita Stovall, and
to this union were born one
son, Charles Parker Johnson,
Jr., nd one daughter, Betty
Jane Johnson, both of whom
survive. Shortly after their
marriage they moved to Port
land, later being associated
there with the late Dr. Mearle
Fox.
With his family, he moved to
Medford August 1, 1931, and
practiced his profession in part
nership with Dr. B. R. Elliott.
He was a member of the First
Methodist church, . and the
American Legion and Elks
lodge. He was president of
Southern Oregon Dental So
ciety.
Beside the Immediate family
he is also survived by his mo
,, Mr, a. r Johnson. Sr.. of
Independence, Kas., and one
brother. Rev. A. Frank Johnson,
Jr., Presbyterian minister of ,
Leavenworth, Kas., who is pres
ent for the funeral services.
Hermann Reburied.
New Orleans. (U.P.l Felix A.
Hermann, once known as "Her
mann the Great" to the lovers
of magic, has had his dying wish
fulfilled to be buried in Chal
niclte national cemetery. Her
niann. a resident of New Orleans
for many years, died in Novem
ber, 1938.
Chops Pear Tree.
Stockbridge. Mass. (U Rt
George Washington had noth
ing on little Dickie Woodbridge.
When his Darents failed to re-
l I
mill muni- on milt.- n t-ini-i i ill-
ed some friends bv chopping
down the family pear tree.
Jam Boston Clinic-
Boston. lURi Physicians at
the hay fever department of the
Boston evening clinic have hung
out a standing room onlv sign.
. ., ... .
jney report tney are narci
pressed to handle the patient!-
already here."
3 00 CUBIC
rOOT LOAD
eaitoN
CENTRAL
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.
LIVESTOCK
ron land
Portland. Sept. IB (AP-USDAl
Host: 600; later trad barely steady:
food to choice 170 to J is. b. dnve-
ins 66.60 . 6 76; few lota to 66.86
rly; 330 to 170-lb. 66OO46.-O; llfht
Ufhto mostly S M 1 6.00; -hole 158
1b. S0.2S; medium grades down to
6626; packlnf sows mostly 4.60ia
ft 00; good to eholc feeder pJs 1
bit ss.76aa.3a.
Cattle: 136; calvee. 16: market low.
cows and bulls weak to 36c lower
for 3 days; other elaaaes about steady;
few good to medium gTaea ateera
7.00e) 8.78: strictly good grain-led
ateera quotable to 611.00; choice to
medium hellers 66.O0.80O; euttera
down to 66.35; canner to common
cows moatly 13.35 a 4.76: eery few
dairy type cowa about 65.00; good
feed cowa 60.50 a 6.75; young cowa
quotable to 67 35 or above: bulla
salable 67 00 down: cutters down to
5 00: good to choice eealera 610 50
11-50; medium grade 69 00a) 10.00;
common ealvea down to 66.00.
Sheep: 450: market active, strong;
gool to choice trucked-tn apnng
lambe 68-00 to moatly 68.36; 1 out
standing lot 6850; lew feeder Iambi
80 J 7.00; abort deck feeder late
Wednesday 67.50; few yearling 65.00
A5.50; older wethera 64.00; medium
to good ewes salable 62 60 a 3.36.
South Kan frani'lM-o
South San Pranclico. Sept. 19
(AP-U8DA) Hogi: 150; steady to
10c higher to packera; moat 185 to
23V lb. California 7.70; odd packing
aowa S4.75 down.
Cattle: 75; ateera around steady:
ona load ahort-fed medium to good
1 232-lb. ateera S8 8S: light fed kinds
quoted up to 1950; heifers moatly
unchanged, short load 865-lb. 7.10;
ranfre cowa steady, package MO -lb.
10.75; few dairy cowt 6 00; odd head
rannera and euttera M.50 t 6-25.
Calves: Salable none: about steady:
less Interest than during the past
two weeks.
Sheep: 450; two decks medium-pelt
75-lb. lambs 8 50 sorted 10 per cent.
one deck 66-lb. $8.35; shorn ewes
quoted I175.f3.75.
Chlraco
Chlrauo. Sept. 16. (AP-USDAI
Hoge 15.600; alow, around steady with
Wednesday's average: aome bide 6-10
lower; top 66-90: good and choice
300-270 lbs. 66 63-85: 370-300 lbs.
66.60-76: 300-350 lbs. 66.20-50: sows
steady to strong early: closing steady;
300-350-lb. weights 66.00-25; 350-450
lba. 8S.608.00: 450-500 lba. 05 35-63.
Cattle 6.000: calvea 500: several
loada choice to prime ateera held
above 613.75: early top 613.50: and
medium weight steers at 613 50 on
1025 lb. yearlings; heifer 611.65:
bulls 67 55 down on aauaafz offerings;
vealer 60 lower: instance more:
closer sorted at 612-50 down to 611.00.
8heep 6,000 practically no early
trading: bidding 68.75 and 6885 or
around 25 lower on native aprlng
lambs held fully steady at 69.00 and
above: yearling scarce- few light
weight fat eves 64.00; bulk mixed lots
S3 .00-73.
Chicago Wheat
Chlcaso, 8-pt. 19 (API
Wheat: 0en High Low Close
Sept .77 .77 H .76 .76',
Dec .77', .78 .771, .773,
May .78', .78', .77J .77',
Portland Wheat
Portland. Sept. 19. (API drain:
Wheat: Open High Low Close
Sept 73 '4 .7 .73', .74
Cash Brain:
Oata No. 8. 38-lb white 634 00.
Barley No. 8. 46-lb. B. W. 621.00
flai No. 1. 61.48',.
Cash wheat (bid): Soft white
74 ',c; western white 74' ic: western
,ru " "ra "mrr : """""J
Come to the
Siskiyou
County
FAIR
3 BIG DAYS
Sept. 20, 21 & 22
3 DAYS of
RACING
LIVESTOCK
POULTRY
BOOTH
EXHIBITS
At the Fairgrounds
Yreka Calif.
OREGONT. THURSDAY.
74c: II per cent 76c: 13 per cent T7e;
IS per cent TSe. Hard white-bean:
13 per cent 60c; 18 per cent 63c;
14 per cent 84c.
Today car receipts: Wheat 18:
barley 10; (lour 31; corn 30; mill
feed 6.
Portland Produce
Portland. Or.. Bept. IB API
Butter Prlnu. A grade. 33e lb. In
parchment wrappers. SSc in cartons:
B grade. 80i,e In parchment wrsp
pera, 81 4c In carton.
IVjga Buying prices: Eitra. large.
36c do. Standards, large. 19c, extras,
medium. 33c; standards, medium. 19c.
Llv poultry Buying pnoea: No. 1
grade leghorn broilers, 14 to 3 lbs.
lbs., 17c; fryers, under 8 lbs. 15c;
fryers 3i to 4 lb. 17-lSc: roasters,
over 4 lbs, 18c; leghorn hen, over
84 lbs.. 11c; leghorn ben, under
34 lba., 8c; colored hens, over 8 lbs.,
15 4-lSc; colored hens. 1 to 6 lb.
154-ISc lb.
Butterfat. cheese, country meats,
dressed turkey, onion, potatoes, hay,
wool, unchanged.
Wall St. Reports
New York, Sept. 19
The stock market indulged In
a breathing spell today after
four successive rising sessions.
Steels led the list on a mod
est forward Jaunt in the fore
noon in which volume picked
up a bit over that of Wednes-
7'
Top marks were cut or can-
celled at the close and an as-
sortment of medium-sized minus
signs was in evidence.
Transfers were near 300 0001
shares.
Stocks In front .1 nn. e
Bethlehem, Republic Steel Pre
ferred, Jones 4i Laughlin Pre
ferred, Sears Roebuck, Doug
las Aircraft, United Aircraft
American Smelting, Phelps
Dodge, Pennsylvania, Chesa
peake & Ohio, Loft, Pathe, Gen
eral Electric, Union Carbide and
Texas Corp.
Today's closing prices tor 34 selected
stocks follow:
Al. Chem. As Dye...w..unquoted
Am. Can 97
A. T. ii T. 162',
Anaconda . 21 ,
Atcn. T. it 8. F. 16',
Bendlx Avla , , 31
Bethlehem Steel 79
Caterpillar Tract. 47
Chrysler 77i
Curtlas-Wrlght 7
Douglas Aircraft 77
DuPont 1704
Gen. Electric. 34 3
Gen. Pood 40
Oen. Motor . 481,
Int. Harvester 45'-,
.hat's how to enjoy this true European-type
Filsner .
YOU'LL LIKE this light, Brown Derby
Pilsner with your meals, as well. It's
tangy, but delicately so. Champagne-like in
its light-hearted liveliness and sparkling
clarity. Naturally it goes better with food.
You didn't think America could ever brew
such a beer? Then get some Brown Derby
Pilsner to sample tonight. You be the
judge. And if you are anything short of
enthusiastic, your purchase price will be
willingly refunded.
MmU h Stlim Jrrvere ftr Smftwy
BR OWN
SEPTEMBER 19. 1940.
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Kennerott , ,
Monty Ward
No. Ann. Avn. .
North Amer.
Penney u. c.(
Pcnn. B. R.
Phillip Pet.
Radio
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Southern Pacific .
std. Brands .
Std. oil Cal.
Std. Oil N. J. ,
Tranaamerlca
Union Carbide ,
United Aircraft
United Airline
U. 8. Steel
an I'ranrtsro Butter
San Pranclaco, Sept. IS. ( API
lUSDAl Butter, 93 score 34c; !
39c; 90-3c; 89-374C
8Ycrunnto. gept. 19. (AP,
Churn inn crtam butterfat: fint grade
91 lie; second grad 29 ',0,
T LOG RAP!
AFIRE OFF PT. SUR
San Diego, Calif., Sept. 19
(IP) A giant log raft, being1
towed from the Columbia river )
to San Diego, was reported afire 1
today off Point Sur, 150 miles i
south of San Francisco. I
Frank Lynch, president of a
th- ,h. .,.,,
I -an uiego lumoer company, saia
Daphne was speeding to the blaz-j
Ing raft. He said the fire was
started by the friction of the!
heavy chains binding the logs
together. j
The raft' 600 feet ,on- con"
tains 5.000.000 feet of unsawed
LUmb"- 11 " " tow tug!
Radio Highlights
Tonight: Europe CBS 4:SS.
6:45: 9:15. 6: NBC 8.
WABC.CBS 6:15 p. m., Ed
ward R. Stettinus, Jr., on de
fense; Wendell L. Willkie ad
dress at Los Angeles 8 p. m.
Friday: WJZ-NBC, CBS, MBS
12 (noon) President Roosevelt
address at U. of Pennsylvania bi
centennial. . . Europe NBC
4 a. m., 9:45 a. m.: CBS 4, 5:15
a. m., 2:45 p. m.: MBS 7:05, 9:15.
8:45 a. m. . . . WJZ-NBC 7:30
a. m., Lieut. Col. L. B. Hershey
on conscription. , . .
Short waves: GSD. GSC Lon
don. 4:30 a. m.. Britain Speaks:
2RO. Rome. 5:40 request selec
tions; TGWA Guatemala, 7,,
Radio theater-
breathe in its tangy, marvelously
delicate
wallow slowly, pleasurably,
to make its refreshing
goodness 1-i-n-g-e-r
along your throat.
. . Brown Derby Pilsner.
DERBY
7ieuBEER
!MRS. BANKHEAD BALKS,
PLAN FOR
Jasper, Ala., Sept. 19 D
Mrs. Florence Bankhead an
nounced today that she would
not accept nomination to fill the
congressional post of her hus
band, the late Speaker William
B. Bankhead.
Selection of the Democratic
nominee whose name will ap -
pear on the Nov. 5 general elec-
tion ballot will be made by the
state Democratic executive com-
mlttee at a meeting here Satur-
day.
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KLAMATH MAN KfLLEO
IN AUTO SKID CRASH
Klamath Falls, Sept. 19 J.
James Wells, 50, of Klamath
Falls, is dead and Lane Gregory,
25, in a hospital here as a result
of an automobile accident Wed
nesday on the Ashland-Klamath
Falls highway.
1 Gregory said the car skidded
; as Wells applied the brakes after
attempting to pass a truck.
Arizona Is Known as th
Apache state.
Fuel At No Extra Coat
....S'2 P gallon
Furnaca Oil 7Vi par gallon
Tractor Fual 8!a par gallon
Delivered to toii In 40-fallon lot or more.
- i,c le per gallon at plant.
Arranje with u now fur otir Fuel Oil require
menr. Phone IT.W for lit format Ion ronrernlnn our
plan to aa.e toil money on fuel oil ant protect too
afalnst prlre aihance during, the Inter Beaton.
Samson Fuel Oil Service
Fourth and Front Street
la
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