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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4. 1941. GUNTER GRANTED COURT CLEMENCY IN SLAPPING CASE C. L. Gunter, charged with as nult and battery upon Mri. Charles Painter of Central Point wai granted an indefinite sus pended sentence by Justice of the Peace W. R. Coleman yes terday, following hearing of much testimony. Gunter was directed to stay away from the Painter house in the future. Gunter, who lives on Coleman creek, called at the Painter home recently, and during the visit Ellen Landing, also pres ent, said something that dis pleased him. The testimony showed he slapped her, and when Mrs. Painter Intervened. he also slapped her, causing a discolored optic. It was not brought out what Miss Landing said. Francis M. Glandy charged with driving an auto while in toxicated, entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to serve 30 days In the county jail, pay $100 fine, and suffer revoca tion of his driving and liquor licenses for one year. Glandy was committed to the county Jail to serve out the fine and sentence. Clarence Lilly, charged with reckless driving, who sustained a broken jaw in the accident upon which the charge is based, was granted 60 days before pass ing of sentence. By that time it is expected his broken Jaw will be healed. The case has been pending for several weeks. Lilly entered a plea of guilty. BILL iOeis 'Topper" Coming in New Film tzfc v AO v n llA iff C l-b& Jack Benney's famous radio comic-stooge, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, does his bit to help mlstify the ladies In the new "ectoplasm" hit, "Topper Re turns", which comes to the Cra terian Theatre Sunday for three day run. Roland Young again plays Mr. Topper and Joan Blondell plays the little lady who wasn't there the girl that Constance Bennett gave her "ectoplasm" powers to. Others in the cast of the mystery com edy are Billie Burke, Carole Landls, Dennis O'Keefe and hi larious Patsy Kelly (shown above with Rochester and Miss Burke). Almost the entire action of "Topper Returns" takes place in an eerie old mansion with slid ing panels, dummy fire-places that hide countless ghosts and family skeletons and chairs that do nip-ups at the wrong time. According to advance reports, 'Topper Returns" will give any and all audiences a thrill, a chill and a thousand laughs. JURY CHOSEN FOR A circuit court jury was se lected today to hear the suit of the Pierce-Allen Auto company against C. E. Conway, in which approximately $500 is sought by the auto lirm tor damage to a truck. The complaint sets forth that the concern loaned Conway a truck while his own was being repaired. Duke Snyder drove the loaned truck, and at the end of the day, drove to the Conway home and delivered the key to him. Conway put it behind a clock. While Conway was In the bathroom, it is alleged Sni An Interesting talk by Bill Walker, former Medford resi dent now training in the army air corps, featured last night's regular weekly dinner meeting of the Medford Active club at Burgoyne's. Walker, who has dcr look tne key and drove lhe urcii bimmuiicu fc un uru, LBI., has been transferred to Bakers field, Cal., he told the group. Guests at the meeting were Eugene Debrecht of San Fran cisco and Ed Collins. The speaker of the evening Is here on a two days' visit. Notice Spiritual Evangelist Urm. J. Ret Keys will b in jour city fur Urn day only. Mr. Rm Xj to plrlt Uftiut. zt U ftn ftb oiut fact that U th or who told Mr. Harding btfor the prrsl 3nt'. Jfctlon that ah would b th flrat lady of th land. Oft lira. Key' advlo while i you havs. th op- i.. port unity. Com and her todav. Ah la now 1o rtd at th Orand hotrl. room No. 307. Hours a. m. to 8 30 p. m. ( J car away. Later It was damaged in a wreck. Conway contends he was not responsible for damages, due to the act of Snider. The plaintiff contends the opposite. BJORSETTECTURE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK Brynjolf Bjorset, Norwegian lecturer, will talk on "Europe Under Nail Rule and After" at the high school auditorium to night at 8 o'clock. Mr. Bjcrsct appears in this city under the sponsorship of the Jackson coun ty League of Women Voters. He arrived in Medford this morning by train and was greeted by his cousin, George Bjorset of Cottage Grove whom he had not seen for 25" years The speaker will accompany his cousin north by motor for a short stay in Cottage Grove. Thirty dollars In cash and an Airline portable radio were stolen from the apartment of John Marlctte, 223 North Cen tral avenue, sometime between 7 and 11:30 p. m. June 1, the owner reported to city police to day. The money, Marlctte told pol ice, was taken from a money bag hidden underneath the mattress, and the bag was replaced. The radio was owned by William Kaiser, Marlette's roommate. Entrance to the apartment was effected through the unlocked rear door, and the burglar made his exit via the front door which is equipped with a snap lock, Marlette reported to the police. TERRILL NAMED P.I ASSISTANT HEAD OF KAY CONCERN Dick Kay, president and man ager of Kay Lithographing, Inc., 34 South Fir street, announced today that Al P. Hagen, con nected with the Commercial Printing company for the past 27 years, had accepted a posi tion as assistant manager of his firm, and would have full charge of all purchasing and job esti mation. In severing his connections with the Commercial Printing company, formerly the Mail Tri bune job printing department, Mr. Hagen left the employ of a firm for which he had worked since February 19, 1914. Mr. Hagen was associated with The Mall Tribune from 1914 until July 1, 1931. when the late S. Sumpter Smith sold his interest In the Mail Tribune and took over ownership of the job printing department as a separate unit, Mr. Hagen con tinuing In the employ of the Commercial Printing company, which is located at 30 North Grape street. Mr. Kay, in commenting on the acceptance of Mr. Hagen of the position of assistant manager of the Kay company, said, "I feel that we are extremely for tunate in securing the services of a man so well acquainted with all phases of the printing busi ness, and I am certain that he will prove a very valuable ad dition to our rapidly expanding urm. Re-Issue IV T Jay H. TerNll of Talent was In receipt of notice today of his appointment as acting postmaster of Talent. He will take the place ot L.. w. Tame until the post can be filled through the civil serv ice. Mr. Terrill has been a deputy county assessor and a fruit In spector. He was recommended as acting postmaster bv the county central democratic exe cutive committee. Mr. Tamo decided some time ago to retire from the postmas- tcrsnip to devote all his time to farming. P. 0. JANITOR EXAM DATE IS EXTENDED Extended to June 18 today was the closing date for the fil ing of applications for the U. S. civil service examination to fill the position of engineman-jani-tor at Medford postoffice. Orig inal closing date was June 2. The job pays $1,740 a year. The closing date for filing ap plications for the examination for classified laborer (janitor) at the postoffice was advanced to June 10. Full information regarding the positions may be obtained at the postoffice. Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time Is Pacific Standard) New York, June 4. NBC Blue, CBS and MBS at 6:45 p. m. Thursday will have Sec. of the Treas. Henry Morgen- thau Jr. in a 15-minute talk on the first month of the defense j bonds and stamps sale. Closing tlma rot Too Late to dai nty Ada u I SO p m ADRIENNE'S ADVANCE FUR SALE Today and Tomorrow 150 Beautiful Furs -fit KJtfiiX Ermines Kolinsky Squirrel Locket Skunks Moutons Weasels Mutkrats Caraculs Oppoaums Foxes U I j ! n ,1""! Natural Crey Squirrels Hudson Seals (Dyed Muakrat) AND MANY OTHERS Priced From $79so Take advantage of these Furs which were purchased before the raw fur market advanced Prices will advance rapidly. Experienced fur represent live will be in attendance to help you. USE OUR LAY. AWAY PLAN ADRIENNE'S ToniRht: War schedule 5:15 MBS, 5:30 NBC-Blue, 6:00 MBS. 6 45 CBS, 7:05 NBC-Blue, 7:00 NBC CBS, 8 30 MBS. CBS 6:15, Dr. F. H. Lahey on "Progress In Medicine and Surgery;" 7:J0, A4mr. H. R. Stark and others on aviation. NBC-Blue 8:00, Sen. Claude Pepper talk from Helena, Mont. Pat O'Brien of the famous screen team of James Cagney and O'Brien, stars with his red headed pal in "Devil Dogs of the Air", which plays at the Rialto Theatre until tomorrow night. The story of Uncle Sam's flying Marine Corps, "Devil Dogs of the Air" has cocky, fresh kid (played by Cagney) joining the flying Marines and trying to run things to suit himself but when his commanding officer (played by O'Brien) puts him through the mill, he comes out a national hero. According to the large au dience that saw it last night. "Devil Dogs of the Air" is still the greatest aviation thriller ever filmed. The hit was returned to the Rialto Theatre on their "Rialto Re-Issue Days" middle-of-week program. Others In the cast of the 1935 favorite are Frank Mo Hugh and Margaret Lindsay. CARTER FUNERAL 2 P.M. THURSDAY Funeral services for Andrew B. Carter, who passed away at his home, 219 N. Central avenue. Monday after a long illness, will be held at the Perl funeral home Thursday at 2 p. m. with the Rev. Leonard Weston officiating. Interment will be in I. O. O. F. cemetery. Mr. Carter, who had lived in Medford three years, was born in Bristol, Worth county, Iowa, De cember 18, 1871. He was united in marriage to Miss Minnie E. Honeywell at Watertown, S. D. on February 22, 1898. She passed away August 22, 1935. On May 2, 1940, Mr. Carter was united in marriage to Dorothy May Simpson who survives. Mr. Carter fought in the In dian war of 1891. enlisting at Fort Meade. S. D., M:-y 18. 1891, and being discharged August 15, 1892. He had been a member of the Watertown, South Dakota, lodge A. F. & A. M. since 1912. ' Besides his wife, he is sur vived by a daughter and a son, Frances Ellen Carter, Water town, S. D., and John A. Carter, Medford: three brothers, George W. Carter, Iron River, Wis.: John W. Carter, Great Falls, Mont., and Charles C. Carter of Ne braska: also two grandchildren. Brent Hartley Carter and Janet Ann Carter of Medford. JUDGE HANNA TO HOLD COURT IN GRANTS PASS Thursday: War schedule 4:00 a. m., NBC CBS, 4:55 NBC-Blue, 5:00 NBC-Red CBS, 6:00 NBC Blue MBS. 7:00 MBS. 8:45 MBS. 9 45 NBC. 10:00 MBS, 11:55 CBS, 12:55 NBC Blue, 1:00 MBS, 225 NBC-Red. 2:45 CBS NBC-Blue. Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna will hold sessions next week, starting Monday In Grants Pass. Two or three cases are sched uled on the Josephine county docket. Trial of two criminal cases, in which Indictments were re turned by the grand Jury will start June 16. Builder Empire TJ- !lVf LI CO mm.. f (UMNO CAS aT a i.r it tirt an IUXU COCM Mil after MiU of Sctnie Btiuty ThriH to the magnifi cent scenes of the In land Empire, the Can yon of the Kootenai and, for 60 darlieht miles, the incomparable mountains of Glorious Glacier Park. You see all this and much mora when you travel East on the air- conditioned Empire Builder, noted for its hospitable service. Choice of Luxury Coach. Tourist and Stand ard Pullman sleeping cars, and. of course, those famous Great North ern meals. Highlight your trip with a stop-over m G'enous Glacier Park, Montana. One to five day. low cost, all-expense tours of the Park are available after June 15. For dctai'j ask: I rl arret e writf c. L. Wriff, TP- V Amrn- JVw r raa Sim HM .rmliai llm ILL GREAT NORTHERS MALE EARS KEENEST ASSERTS DR. HOWARD AT OSTEOPATH MEET Tacoma, Wash., June 4. W) Dr. W. W. Howard of Med ford, Ore., said here today that "as far as hearing is concerned, the mala Is certainly the stronger of the two sexes." Dr. Howard spoke at the trl state convention of the Wash ington, Oregon and British Co lumbia Osteopathic associations. Statistics on large numbers of cases seem to Indicate, he said, that women, especially those of middle age, have about a IS percent greater chance of be coming deaf than do men. Nevertheless, Dr. Howard re ported, on the basis of world war draft figures, ear defects will cause the rejection of about 17,500 men out of the first 1, 200,000 to be examined under the present selective service program. So far in the present draft, he added, defects of the ears, nose and throat constitute the sixth leading cause of rejection. accounting for six percent of the turndowns. Dr. H. L. Chadwlck of Spo kane was elected president to day by 200 osteopathic physic ians attending the convention. Clarence IT Baker of Seattle was chosen president-elect; Dr. Dorothy H. Wheeler of Wen atchee, vice president; Dr. H. F. Morse of Wenatchee, treas urer; and Dr. S. M. Pugh of Everett, secretary. Wssther Northern California: ralr to night and Thursday except lo cal thundershowers central and southern Sierra Nevadas; tem perature slightly above normal; moderate northwest wind eft coast. Astoria, Ore., June 4. Mv City employes have requested pay increases to offset rising living costs. El BLUE RIBBON SPECIAL THURSDAY ONLY! DOWN COMFORTERS Regular $16.95 A Blue Ribbon feature from the June Bedding Sale! Rich Rayon Satin Covered Down Filled Comforts, quilted style for only S12.95. These are in solid reversible colors of gold, mellow, green, rose dust, Sahara, sunset rose and Monte blue. Full bed. 72x84 inch sizes. All have tabs for non-slip anchors. (Anchors are 60c pr.) $14.50 A NEW BUTTER for MEDFORD! OIn response to many calls by our most exacting milk and cream customers and by the people of the community for butter, we are pleased to announce that MAID O'SWEET BUTTER is now avail able at any of the following stores: Holloway's Reliable Grocery Big Y Market Quality Market Oakdale Grocery Franklin's Grocery Eleventh Street Grocery Rose Grocery Sue to the fact that our production of Golden Guernsey milk has more than doubled during the past year, local demand has left no surplus which could be churned for butter. The next best thing was to find a butter manufactured right here in Southern Oregon from cream supplied by selected herds in Josephine and Jackson Counties. To find a butter of highest Quality, sweet delicious flavor and long keeping qualities manufactured under our rigid requirements . . . and we found it in "MAID O'SWEET" BUTTER MADE IN SOUTHERN OREGON a Wa believe MAID O'SWEET BUTTER meets these requirements and are happy to announce the exclusive distribution for Jackson County. All we ask is that you try Just ONE POUND and YOU BE THE JUDGE. Available at any of the above mentioned stores and to our customers with milk and cream de livery, at standard price. 3SLDENJ.VERNSE WING'S CL0VERHILL Golden Guernsey Dairy Producers and Distributors of Medford Premium Grade A Whole Raw Milk and Cream. DIAL 4809 BE SURE TO ASK TOUR GROCER FOR MAID O' SWEET BUTTER. IT COSTS NO MOREI