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PAGE ETGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1941 626 PERSONS DIE VIOLENT DEATHS Auto Traffic Claims 16 Six States Have None California Leads. (By Associated Press) Six hundred twenty-six per sons were killed in accidents or bv other violence over the boil day week-end. 423 of them in highway traffic, heavy with home-bound vacationists and tourists on their final outing of the summer. An Associated Press survey showed today 73 drowned and 130 died In shootings, stabbing falls, fires, airplane accidents and by other violent means. The traffic toll compared with a prediction by the National Safety council that boo persons, or 180 more than on a normal summer week-end, would be killed in traffic between 8 p. m. Friday and midnight Monday, The council's forecast, however, Included those injured In noli day crashes who might die later, Deaths from all violent causes over the Labor day week-end a year ago totaled 914 as against 614 this year. Four states Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota. Wyoming reported no traffic deaths over the week-end. Nebraska has had no fatal automobile accidents since Thursday when seven were killed. Its one . violent death over the holiday was caused by kicking horse. New York City had no traffic deaths in the 24 hours ending last midnight. The automobile fatalities In eluded Robert L. Ramsay, Jr., son of Rep. Ramsay (D., W. Va.) who was thrown from a slde swlped car near Rockland, Md. He died Sunday of a broken neck. Near La Junta, Colo., a bump er fell from an automobile. The car's wheels hurled It through a window of a passing car where It struck and killed a 10-year-old girl passenger. A runaway automobile plung ed down a steep hill and into a wedding party outside the bride's home in Pottsville, Pa. The bride, bridegroom and seven guests were injured, one seri ously. Two-year-old Oeraldine Kosen tos of McKeesports, Pa., burned to death when a match acci dentally fell Into her grass hula skirt, setting it afire. Duane Smith, 19, of Fort Col lins, Colo., fell 300 feet down a mountainside to his death. In Chicago, four persons were Injured and scores thrown Into panic when a huge Brahma bull broke from a rodeo corral and charged into a holiday throng. Two policemen were gored be fore it was killed. California led in traffic ac cident deaths with 46. Ohio had 28 and Illinois 27. Michigan had the most drownings, 18, and Ohio the most fatalities from miscellaneous causes, 13, HALTED BY RAIN Rain at this time Is not bene ficial to the county's tomato crop, the county agent's office said today, adding that prolon gation of the present rainy weather would not be good for truck crops in general. Rain cracks ripened tomatoes and molds set in and grow, the office explained. It was pointed out, however, that bulk of the crop is not yet ripe and that the rain would not hurt the to matoes until they were ripe or nearly ripe. Sunshine would be beneficial, It was added. The current rainy spell has delayed harvesting of pears, the office said. Rainfall in August touted 1 03 Inches at the Med ford experimental station, the office quoted Dr. E. S. Degman, In charge of the station, as re porting. Rain today and last night was general over the Rogue River national forest, headquarters said. The precipitation ranged from .22 of an inch at Dutch man Peak station in the Apple gate district to 1.5 inches at Lake o' Woods. Relieving fire danger, the rain afforded lookouts and guards leave today, headquarters re ported. It was still raining to day in parts of the forest. CARPENTERS- SEE THE NEW SIULSAW Light Powerful Dependable Pack Rat s Nest Spoils Day Off for 2 Firemen Firemen can't get any rest even on their day off. Take Firemen Howard Glascock and Gordon Barker, for example. Having day off, they went to Lake o' Woods yesterday to relax from the constant vigil of being on fire guard. All went well enough until the trip home last evening. They Joined some friends who had been vacationing at the lake and there were four cars of them when they started home, Gor don being in the second, Howard in the fourth auto. In front was A. E. Lalng, 260 Beatty street who had been at the lake a couple of weeks. Half way to Ashland over the Dead Indian road, Lalng smelled something burning in his car. By the time he had stopped to Edward and Albert Johnson, brothers, of Montague, Calif., were confined in Community hospital today with injuries they suffered when their car, oper ated by Edward, crashed into a telephone pole near 1234 North Riverside avenue shortly after 3 a. m. today, breaking off the pole even with the ground. Neither was seriously hurt, Edward suffering a deep cut on the Jaw and severe bruises, and Albert sustaining a scalp lacera tion and bruises, their attending physician stated. City police, who took them to the hospital following the accl dent, quoted the driver as ex plaining that the steering gear stuck and the car went out of control while they were travel ing south on North Riverside avenue. The car, police said, traveled along the right hand curb for about 10 feet, leaped the curb and continued for 33 feet more along the parking strip before ramming head-on into the phone pole. The machine was badly damaged. SEPTEMBER OPENS WITH .52 IN. RAIN Medford residents observed a rainy Labor day yesterday while a year ago temperatures ranged to 88 degrees. Mercury plugged along at a maximum of 64 de grees yesterday but rain, total ing .82 inches fell in the valley, exceeding by .30 Inches the normal September rainfall, giv ing the valley a send off as far as precipitation is concerned for the month. Average September rainfall totals .92 inches. Although the rainfall yester day was heavy and exceeded in one day the monthly precipita tion total for September the weather bureau reports that It was by no means a record. Files show that September 8, 1931 rainfall totaled .09 inches. Last year total precipitation for September was 2.31 Inches. Births BEATON To Mr. and Mrs. Allen, 333 Maple street, Sep tember 1, girl, 6i lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. WEBBER To Mr. and Mrs. Harry, Eagle Point, August 31, a boy, 7 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. ABBOTT To Mr. and Mrs. Loyal, Rt. 1, Medford. Aug. 31, boy, 6U lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. $5, $10 or More Whrthtr yon wlih to hti mall amount or a largo amount rriularlj, Iniftt in a lamp turn, or mvo until yon plea, yon ran profit y opening an account hero. First Federal Savings at Lean Ann. of Medford 27 North Holly Am InMllutloa DnllratM To Ihoaa KDe Mil TERMS investigate, Gordon had come up and the sight of smoke sent him Into action quickly. Just then Howard came up also and team work developed. The two firemen quickly de termined the seat of the trouble. They flipped open the hood of Laing's car and there on top of the hot motor was the smolder ing fire. It was a pack rat's nest of pieces of wood and in middle of the nest was an odoriferous bone that a dog had abandoned but the rat had stored away on top of Mr. Laing's engine. The two fire men put the smoldering nest out post haste. Aside from kind of spoiling the firemen's day off, there was no damage. The pack rat evidently got out of its nest before the blaze started. BURGLAR ENTERS E H. F. Brlngle of 619 West Second street reported to city police Monday that his house was burglarized over the week end of a string of pearls valued at $50, two fountain pens and a hunting knife. Investigating, police discov ered that the burglar effected entrance to the residence by tearing a screen off a window on the west side of the house and then breaking the glass of the window. The burglar left a pair of gloves on a bed, police said. Redmond Area Dranchsd Redmond, Sept. 2. (JP) A total of '.22 of an inch of rain dampened Labor day picnics and delayed harvests in central Oregon yesterday. SOMETHING OTHER OILS WON'T DO! ykmo-&taed "RPM" Clings to Hot Spots Other Oils Leave Dry! TTERE you see Illustrated Thermo-Charged "RPM V an il equaled power to stay put on hot spots, Juat at It vat witnessed by Lewia A. Schroyer, Yellow Cab Company Main tenance Superintendent, San Francisco, and hla atafl. In thla teat two platon rlnga alowr rerolra on ahafts. One ring pasta through a trough Ailed with Thermo-Charged "RPM." The trough for the other ring la flllrd with Penn sylvania, Mld-Contlnent or Western oil no matter which. Aa tha rlnga turn, they are hit by an open flame. Hera la where Thrrmo-Cha.-grd "RPM" proree Ita amailng euperl ority. It hangs on goes right through tha flame and keepa the entire ring aurfure coTercd with ollt Aa tha other oil approaches tha flame. It turna back runs auvy! Result! over half of Ita platon ring from tha point of tha flame clear around to the oil trough la left dry! What doea thla mean In your engine? Greater protection agalnat heat and wear than other oils can glret If you haven't dona so already try Thermo-Charged RPM Motor Oil now. STANDARD Oil COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA 7k (iLsrffTOs' 111 AT ANY PRICI SALVATION ARMY, ISSUES PLEA FOR L With the advent of autumn and the re-opening of schools, the Salvation Army Issued a plea today for help for Impov erished families. Warm clothing for children, both boys and girls, of ail ages, is needed urgently, said Adju tant Charles K. Cox, head of the Salvation Army corps in this district. Many of the chil dren need the clothes before they can start to school, he added, to emphasize the urgency of the situation. The children s needs Include shoes of all sizes, he said. There will soon be calls for bedding, mattresses, springs and covers, Adjutant Cox stated, and an effort is being made to procure these things now through donation for distribu tion as the need arises. Needed immediately are quart and half gallon Jars for canning purposes. Adjutant Cox said. Much canning is being done at the Salvation Army hall, Bartlett and Fourth streets, and needy families are putting up fruits and vegetables in their own homes but need Jars, he stated. Anyone with Jars to spare was urged by the adjutant . to get in touch with the Salvation Army as soon as possible. BILLY PATTON TO PRESENTPUPPETS A puppet show will be given by Billy Patton, Medford young ster, in the recreation tent at i 30 M M lUkf ' I " M'T mn aui MM I Ctamed M f ur. iMtMe-euNw tm- taal "" ar the migrant farm labor camp at 8 tonight. Prior to the show Mrs. Dwlght L. Houghton, 813 Newton street, will give a short talk on pup pets. The Patton youngster made his own stage, all the' puppets to be used tonight, wrote the script for his show and will play all the parts but one. He will be assisted by Earl Bradfish. After the show there will be a short community meeting to elect a councilman to take the place of Joe Adler who left yes terday for the apple orchards at Wenatchee, Wash. Rain the past couple of days has thrown most of the workers at the camp temporarily out of employment and has made liv ing in the tent city somewhat uncomfortable, the management said. Considerable I m p r o v ement was noted in the conditions to day of Mrs. Archie McBee of 206 Cottage street and her daughter, Mrs. Edward Taylor of Monterey, Cal.. both of whom were seriously injured in the automobile accident Sunday af ternoon that took the life of 20-year-old Mrs. Albert R. Bar row, Mrs. McBee's daughter. Their attending physician said that both appeared to be better, although neither was entirely out of danger as yet. Mrs. Tay lor, the most seriously hurt, is confined in Sacred Heart hos pital with a fractured pelvis, left arm and left leg. Mrs. Mc Bee, in Community hospital, has a broken right arm and probable internal injuries. The mishap occurred on the Diamond lake highway a mile this side of the lake, the car plunging over a four-foot bank and crashing into a tree. Use Mat! Tribune want aas. YELLOW CAB OFFICIALS SEE UNIQUE DEMONSTRATION lewlt A. Schroyer, Yellow Cab Company Maintenance Superintendent, San Francisco, and members of hit staff. r ll SZFK, n II ur. MO OTNII oil a or ITS I PMieWr ' trots. 2 Can waar W NAt IMOViO ON NATUIII M "TT aft Sfttlfi CsasfffafsA, tt4sj, Wtltfc 1 QUART FERRY TRANSPORT, 10 ABOARD LOST, ON OCEAN FLIGHT London, Sept. 2. (T Two Americans and Count Guy De Bail let-La tour, son of the chair man of the international Olynv .pic committee, Count Henri De Baillet-Latour, were among ten persons aboard a transport plane of the RAF ferry command given up for lost today by the air ministry. The ferry command at first announced the Olympic official himself was aboard the plane, but the Belgian embassy later confirmed that it was the son, who is assistant military attache of the Belgian embassy in Lon don and son-in-law of James Clement Dunn, political advisor to U. S. Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull. Count Guy had been In Wash ington on a mission as a mem ber of the staff of the minister of colonies of the emigre Bel gian government. His father still is in Belgium. The Americans were Capt. S. Picing of the U. S. navy, a passenger; and Flight Engineer Charles Alvan Spence, of Little Neck, L. I., N. Y., a member of the crew. The plane left North America (presumably Canada) yesterday for England. In announcing the craft was msising today the air ministry said the next of kin of those aboard had been informed. The ferry command, whose airmen fly new American-made bombing planes to Britain and bring fliers to the American side of the ocean for more, suffered two serious crashes recently which took a toll of 44 lives, including those of 18 Americans. On August 10 a plane taking off from England for North America, returning pilots for new assignments, crashed and killed 22, including seven Amer- MAINTENANCE MATCMft All ASVANIAS!. wiMiirf la a aaJHtr la m4 Mrtaara eMa HOI essaasa a I Slai aa eeeiaa pa mania Htm kef ar tale. 3 Ihm tm enable tit mm an 5 Rwaa all rinei eva-mlaae. J Kaaaa H Swan twaaar laa rw Safjra. g r i1t. t4 . ar WfMr SV"aW fjety gjflWflt? p4 If PaOnWalT Hmetiaai Ufa at raw atae. leans. Four days later In an almost identical accident sec ond returning plane crashed and burned, killing another 22 in cluding 11 Americans. Planes flying to England, such as the one reported missing to day, frequently carry important British and American passen gers, including army and navy officers, diplomats, and distin guished visitors to England. Burled when a pile of wood he was stacking accidentally fell MAIL'S EMPHASIZE BROWN For AUTUMN HERE ARE NEW DRESSES In The Rich Spice .. Tones and Other Brown Shades $ 1 995 $2495 i Regular and Half Size Join the brown parade, this Au tumnl Have at least two smart brown tone Frocks in your ward robe. Hera are crepes and light weight wools In tailored, dressy afternoon or suit styles, in all tha popular spica and brown shades. SECOND FLOOR Lovely Rich Brown Tones DINNER HOUR ALPACA Many lovely Fall Dresses will be made rfjk from this superb Rayon Material. Din- Tfft l I II I ner Hour Alpaca combines elegance r II with service and of course comes In that II smart Harlem Brown. Why not a dress II ... from this favored fabric. II Yd. Botany's Baronette Wool Crepe Here's famous wool crepe from a famous house. A 54 inch material in a rich sepia brown so much in vogue this fall. For Skirts and Dresses this lovely all wool crape is paramount.' See It tomorrow at Mann's. $250 o Twill Back VELVETEEN This Fall have a Velveteen Suit. Make it from this twill back, 36 Inch Velve teen la the new brown Cor dova, a fashionable shade, a popular fabric and Bud get Priced. $198 1 Yd O CORDUROY Especially smart for Jack ets and sklrtsl Cromptoa's "Glory Cord" Corduroy. A fine quality, medium wale fabric in chona brown. 79 over on him about 8:15 a. m., Lewis Parker of 413 South Cen-f. tral avenue was receiving treat-r' ment for bruises, scratches and a back injury in Community hospital today. His attending physician said X ray pictures were being taken of the injured man's back, but tiiat apparently he was not seriously injured. Mr. Parker was taken to tha hospital In the Perl ambulance). Highway Aide Die Eugene, Sept. 2. IJP) Fun eral services will be held today in Salem for Raymond Walsh, 36, district superintendent for the Oregon highway .depart ment, who died at his home her Sunday. Daa Mall Trtbuna want ada. 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