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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1941.
NEW MIRROPHONIC
CRATERIAN TODAY
Theatre Closed for Im
portant Improvement
Operation Is Described
With the Installation of the
new Western Electric "Mirro-
phonle" sound lystero In the Cra
terlan Theatre which If closed
today while the new unit is
being installed patrons of
Southern Oregon's ace movie
house will have the benefit of
a reproduction system that Is
admittedly the closest thing to
perfection that Americas en
gineers have yet Invented.
Reproduction of sound from
the sound track of a motion pic
ture film to the various voices.
musical notes, sounds, etc., that
are heard from the screen is an
interesting process. It might be
mentioned here that the old disc,
or Vitaphone type of recording
and reproduction is a thing of
the past. The Vitaphone type de
pended on records, very much
like the records used on the
phonograph. The catch in this
method was the synchronization
of the reproduced sound with
the picture. Unless everything
went just right, the sound was
thrown out of synchronization,
which often led to some highly
comical results. Nowadays, the
sound is attached to the film and
the only way it can be thrown
out of synchronization is to have
it done when the sound track
and motion picture film are put
together. Once they are to
gether, the film may be cut and
spliced together and the correct
amount of sound is eliminated
to keep everything in synchroni
zation. Undoubtedly the most import
ant thing about the new "Mirro-
phonic" system is the entire
elimination of "dead spots" and
possibility of sound distortion
such as was sometimes noticed
in high or low notes through
the old unit.
The new system is a rather
complicated affair.
- In the projection room, or
booth, there will be a new power
unit, a dual amplifier system of
30 watt output, new sound
heads with voltage amplifier
coupled to each sound head. The
flywheels of the sound heads
are oil-damped that is, they
run through a special oil that-
can stand temperature as low
as 40 degrees below or as high
as 120 degrees fahrenheit. Also
in the booth is the dividing net
work which divides the high and
low frequencies: and the mon
itor horn and amplifier which
is separate from the regular am
plification unit through which
the sound is passed to the audi
toriu i. This horn in the booth
is to Help the projectionist keep
the sound at the correct volume
for proper enjoyment of the pic
ture. Leaving the booth the sound
is then carried backstage to the
new diphonic horn system,
which includes the high-fre-quancy
cellular type horn com
posed of fifteen cells, and two
18-lnch 33-watt low frequency
speakers mounted on a low fre
quency baffle 11 feet high, 15
feet long and three feet thick.
The sound transmitted from the
booth to the horns is controlled
by the network In the booth
splitting the high and low fre
quencies and sending them to the
proper speakers. I
Herman Bergren, the sound
engineer in charge of the Cra
terian Theatre installation, ex
plains the transmission of sound
from film to auditorium by the
rather simplified manner which
Is much more understandable to
the layman than the use of high
sounding technical terms.
The sound track on the film
goes through the sound head
mounted on the projection ma
chine. This sound track is hit
by the light from an exciter
lamp focussed through a combi
nation of lenses. The variations
of light are then picked up by a
photo-electric cell which, In
turn, causes a change of voltage
In the photo-electric cell which
corresponds to the vibrations in
voice or music as recorded or
the film. The sound is then am
pltfled through the voltage am
plifier and fed into the powei
amplifier. From the powei
amplifier It then Is sent to the
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dividing network, which sends
the low frequency notes and
sounds to the low frequency
speakers, and the high frequency
speakers. Through the speakers
then comes the sound that is
heard in the theatre.
The cellular type horn with
its many high and low frequency
cells is the secret of the perfec
tion of the new sound system.
With the new system, every seat,
every corner, every nook and
cranny of the theatre will be
covered with the same clarity of
sound, the same volume and the
same intelligibility. The sound
will cover the theatre like a vast
blanket, leaving no bare spots.
Although it does not have a
direct bearing on the sound in
one sense of the word, nonethe
less allowing the sound to pas
through It to the audience, the
motion picture screen has a great
deal to do with the proper en
joyment of a picture. Along with
the Installation of the new sound
system, the Craterian Theatre is
also Installing a new Gardner
Gold-Fibre seamless screen,
known throughout the Industry
as the best obtainable. It is in
teresting to note that the Card'
ner factory has only two of
these screens left and when these
are sold it will be impossible to
obtain more. It seems the pres
ent war has something to do
with lack of proper material for
this special type ol screen.
'Caught in the urait," me
new Bob Hope comedy hit, will
be the opening picture with the
new "Mirrophonic sound sys
tem, starting a three-day run to
morrow.
OFFERED BY FSA
Farm tenants, farm laborers
and sharecroppers who wish to
be considered for loans to pur
chase family-type farms under
provisions of the department of
agriculture"s teant purchase
plan, should file applications
now with the Farm Security Ad
ministration, announces Eugene
Hampton, county FSA super
visor, 211 Fluhrer building.
Medford.
Under the tenant purchase plan
seven farmers are purchasing
farms In Jackson county. Two
or more additional loans will be
made during the 1041-42 fiscal
year. Applications are being
taken now to give all eligible
farm tamllies in the county an
opportunity to have their quali
fications reviewed and allow
sufficient time to select farms
and set up farm plans for the
next crop year.
Only bona fide farm families
with sufficient experience to
qualify them for successful farm
ownership are eligible.
Applications and full details
of the program may be secured
at the county supervisor's of
fice.
MEDFORD BOY IN ARMY
GETS SPECIAL TRAINING
McChord Field, Wash., July 16
(Spl.) In keeping with the pol
icy of the U. S. army of giving
all possible training to army
personnel. Pvt. Francis A. Mar
shall, a member of Company
"M." 30th Quartermaster Regi
ment, stationed here, recently
began a course in basic auto
mechanics at Clover Park hiih
school near Lake Center, Wash.
Pvt. Marshall enlisted in the
army at Medford, Oregon, on
April 8, 1941. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. L.
Marshall of Medford.
KNUTZEN HOME BURNS
ON CRATER HIGHWAY
Reese Creek. July 18. (Sod.l
Fire of unknown origin com
pletely destroyed the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Knutzen, at the
intersection of the Butte Falls
and Crater Lake highways Tues
day morning.
A shower of household furn-
ishings and clothing will be
given In the near future. The
family has the sympathy of all
the community.
FARM BUYING AID
JOE PRICE
Announces Opening of
Price's Candyland
ACROSS FROM COPCO
Featuring
HOME MADE CANDIES
HOME MADE ICE CREAM
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AT STATE'S TAXES
Oregon's Industrial Develop
ment Commission Out
lines Extensive Program
Salem, July 18. W) Ore
gon s Industrial development
commission, authorized by the
1041 legislature to find a way
to obtain new Industries, out
lined for itself today a program
including consideration of the
state's entire taxation and in
dustrial set-up.
The commission's committee
on industries will recommend
a rounded program to "bring
about maximum industrial and
commercial growth," determine
what laws have an adverse ef
fect on industries, study indus
trial inducements offered by
other states, and determine
which of Oregon's resources are
most likely of exploitation.
Three Tax Studies
The commission's committee
on taxation will be split into
three sub-committees. One will
study assessment laws with a
view toward making them uni
form and equitable, while an
other will study the general tax
structures of Oregon and other
states as well as whether the
property tax acts adversely on
home and business ownership.
The third sub-committee will
study means of bringing about
more efficiency and economy in
government.
The program was prepared
by David Eccles, state budget
director and chairman of the
commission. The commission
held its second meeting here
today.
Secretary of State Earl Snell's
proposal to reduce the price of
annual automobile license plates
from $5 to $2 was referred to
the commission's committee on
taxation for study.
Cedes asked the commission
to study problems in towns and
cities in" which defense indus
tries are located. In such towns,
he said, the sewer, school and
water systems are inadequate
when the populations are in
creased by defense industries.
Tax Limit Handicap
Such towns, he added, can't
expand their facilities because
of the constitutional limitation
which prevents them from in
creasing their budgets by more
man six per cent in any one
year.
Eccles said that such defense
towns will get considerable help
from the government, but that
the six per cent limitation might
even prevent the towns from
putting up their share of the
money.
Several members Indicated
that the commission might rec
ommended to the people that
me six per cent limitation he
waived in such instances.
357 PLANES USE
E
Medford municipal alroort
was used In June bv 357 air
planes, an average of almost 12
planes a day, it was shown in
a report submitted to the city
council last night by Thomas
A. Culbertson. Jr.. and read hv
James C. Collins, airport com
mittee chairman.
The planes were rlamlflvH
follows: 203 United Air Lines.
89 U. S. army. 83 nrlvm. ni
2 U. S. navy.
Receipts for June .r
$728.22, the report stated.
ORCHARDS RECEIVING
HEAVIEST IRRIGATION
Heaviest irrigating of the sea.
son is now underway in the
orchards, to prepare the ground
before picking starts, according
to Ed N. Judd, general manager
of the Medford Irrigation dis
trict. He said the ditches were
all running full. Picking is ex
pected to start in some of the
earlier orchards around July 23
and be in full swing by Aug. 1.
FOR SOLDIER BOYS
E
Medford's first temporary rec
reation center for enlisted men
opened this morning in the court
house auditorium. The center
offers reading, writing and other
recreational facilities through
the cooperation of Medford resi
dents and merchants, between
the hours of 11 a. m. and 12
p. m. daily.
The auditorium has been
equipped with numerous couch
es, chairs, writing tables, a radio.
pillows, a bookshelf and books,
magazines and ping pong equip
ment. Hostesses are on hand
daily to supervise the room and
give Information to enlisted men
regarding Medford and vicinity.
'The telephone company is plan-
nlng to install a pay telephone
in the recreation room.
Hostesses for the week In
clude Mrs. Charles Barnes, Mon
days; Mrs. Grace Collins, Tues
days; Mrs. John Boyle, Wednes
days; Mrs. M. N. Hogan, Thurs
days; Mrs. Charles Barnes Fri
days; Mrs. C. H. Paske, Satur
days and Mrs. Glenn Smith, Sun
days. These ladies have selected
helpers in order that two women
will be on hand at the center
throughout the day and evening
hours.
Local business houses and
firms listed by Mrs. Leonard
Carpenter as donating items for
the recreation center were Han
son Hardware, Kay Printing Co.,
Cupp Furniture, Office Boy Sta
tionary company and Medford
Stationary store, Southern Ore
gon Sales, Inc., and Feldman
Electric store.
Temporary housing of the rec
reation center was donated by
Jackson county court which of
fered the auditorium in the
court; house for use as a gather
ing place for enlisted men.
TOWNSENDERS TO HEAR
REPORT ON CONVENTION
(Contributed)
Townsendites of southern Ore
gon will hold a Buffalo conven
tion rally on Thursday, July 24
at Townsend headquarters, 123
W. Main street, at which time
the returned delegates will give
their reports.
A chicken pie supper is plan
ned for 3:30 to be followed by a
program.
All Townsendites and friends
should attend as this should be
a very Interesting meeting.
Medical Leader Dies
Seattle, July 18. (if) Dr
Casper W. Sharpies, 75, a leader
in the medical profession in the
Pacific northwest and one of the
founders of the American Col
lege of Surgeons, died in the
Seattle general hospital last
night. Dr. Sharpies was born In
Eugene, Ore., in 1866 and was
graduated from University of
Oregon in 1884.
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SALE OF SIX LOTS;
L I M I TSPARKING
Stops In Front of Liquor
Store Cut to Ten Minutes;
Alley Change Hearing Set
Sale of six city-owned lots
was authorized by the city
council at its regular semi
monthly meeting last night. The
sales were:
Lots 1 and 2, block 4, Turtle's
third addition, situated on King
street at Catherine .street, to
natnerine L,. gari tor me price
of (300; lot 3, block 4, Tuttle's
third addition, adjoining lots 1
and 2 on the south, to Clinton
A. and Hazel E. Balfour, $175;
lot 18, block 3, Orchard addi
tion, on South Holly street at
OGara street, to M. A.
Schwartz, $150; lot 2, Highway
addition, on North Riverside
avenue, to Irsel O. Chapman,
$550, and lot 5, block 4, Siskl
you Heights addition, south end
of Barneburg road, to E. R.
Hoppe, $250. All prices were
at the appraised valuation.
Parking Limit Cut.
On recommendation of the
public safety committee the
council adopted a resolution
limiting parking in front of the
state liquor store and adjoining
Beverage Shop to ten minutes
betweeen 10 a. m. and 10 p. m.
The time limits do not apply on
Sundays or legal holidays or be
tween 10 p. m. and 8 a. m.
A public hearing was sched
uled for 7:30 p. m. August 19 in
council chambers on vacating
part of the alley in block 20. The
remained of the alley was vacat
ed in 1910. The part of the al
ley now proposed for vacating
runs north from the east-west
alley in the block bounded by
Main, Eighth and Front streets
and Central avenue.
The council approved ' the
transfer without fee of the two
beer licenses held by Jensen &
Dalley to Jens Jensen who, the
council was told, had bought
Dalley's interest.
Council C. H. Herman was
absent.
PROBLEM TALKfU
John R. Sargent of the Port
land office of the public roads
administration arrived this
morning for two days of consul
tations on all road requirements
if this becomes a defense area
through establishment of the
proposed Beagle-Antelope army
cantonment.
Mr. Sargent conferred this
morning with Capt. Theron W.
Bean, constructing quartermas
ter, and executives of the architect-engineer
staff. Conferences
were scheduled this afternoon
with the civilian cantonment co
ordinating board and other local
officials.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sltj Adi is 1 :S0 p m.
she
OF
Bad Situation for Some
Years Is Word to Council
Prompt Action Urged
Mrs. Margaret Cantrall, a
teacher in the Lincoln school,
pleaded with the city council
at its regular semi-monthly
meeting last night to restore
curfew ordinance to keep
young girls off the streets late
at night.
Mrs. Cantrall told the council
that she had been watching
with growing concern the pres
ence of tender-age girls out on
the streets with men around
midnight or later. She empha
sized that she was speaking not
of girls of high school age but
of girls of junior high and grade
school age. She asserted that
when she goes home at mid
night or 12:30 she sees little 12.
13 and 14-year-old grade and
Junior high school girls out with
men.
Knows Situation
Mrs. Cantrall said she has
been teaching school in this
county for 17 years and there
fore knows what the situation
is. She stated that parents alone
coum not shoulder the respon-
siDinty and asserted that the
mere presence of a curfew ordi
nance on the books would be
effective in keeping many young
girls off the streets at night.
fane acknowledged that oer-
haps the city was not now
equipped to handle the problem
without additional police help
but she contended that even if
only a few girls were "saved"
the extra cost would be well
spent. She expressed the belief
that after strict enforcement at
the beginning, a curfew law
would in itself prove effective
in oDtaimng the desired results.
Not Recent Condition
There has been a bad situa
tion among grade and Junior
high school girls for some years,
Mrs. Cantrall said In explaining
that the problem is not of recent
origin. She added, however.
that she had become more con
cerned over the problem of late.
"l hope," Mrs. Cantrall said
to the council in parting, "that
you will take some action be
fore this matter is called to your
attention in a more tragic or
drastic way."
GIVEN OIL COAT
Work on oilin tht Vtilli-r.f
road was started this morning
by the county oiling crew. It
was the first heavv oillne nf lh.
year. Weather conditions are
now ideal for the work.
The county this week spread
a palliative on the Elks picnic
ground road, near the Given
residence, to settle the dust
which was flying high due to
traffic -occasioned by the en
campment nearby of the 20th
Pursuit corps.
picked one cola
CROP INSURANCE
PLAN IMPROVED
FOR '42 PROGRAM
'Blanket Insurance,' Com
modity Note for Premium
Payment Among Changes
"Blanket insurance'' and the
Introduction of a commodity
note plan for payment of pre
miums are most Important of
four changes in the federal
crop insurance corporation's
1942 program, it was disclosed
today by Fred Homes, chairman
of the Jackson County AAA
committee.
'The changes are designed to
give the farmer the maximum
amount of protection on nis
crop, and to make it as con
venient as possible for the
farmer to Insure his next year's
wheat crop. Homes said. "The
new program will make the
insuring of farms and the pay
ing of premiums less involved
by reducing the number of
forms the grower generally
signs in making his application
and paying the premium."
Payment By Note
The changes provide: Pay
ment of premiums by a note
plan; owners and operators who
insure one farm in a county
must insure all their farms in
that county; an individual need
make only one application re
gardless of how many farms he i
insures; the insurance will be in
force until noon of October 31,
instead of October 1.
In the past the farmer had to
make a separate premium pay-
mciib iur eden luim insureu ur
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Fine quality Washable Fabric
Gloves from our Van Raalta Una
for only 59c pair. 4'i to 12
button lengths, in White, Navy,
Beige, Lt. Blue. Pink, Rose, Red,
Lt. and Dark Green.
Regular $1.00 Quality
as her tesSe-test winner
sign a separata assignment for
each insured farm by which theW
co mo ration would deduct k.
amount of his premium from his
AAA payment.
Sign-up for insurance on the
1942 crop will soon be started
in this county, and a campaign
is being planned to make the
provisions of the new simplified
insurance known to every wheat
grower in the county, Homes
said.
From Lake W. M. Walls of
Lake O'Woods was a Medford
visitor today. He said that the
road from Ashland to the lake
was now in good condition.
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Avoid two nights away
from home. Low 1941
fares. Travel the cool,
economical, interesting
way. Call travel agents,
hotels, or
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