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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1941.
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Mrs. Charles McKee and
Mrs. Fred Lumm Seri
ously Injured.
Two women were In Com
munity hospital today with In
juries suffered when cars, oper
ated by their husbands, collided
at the corner of Fourth and
Grape streets about 10 a.m. Sun
day. Mrs. Charles McKee. 9S, of
Route sustained the most ex
tensive injuries She was receiv
ing treatment for a scalp lacer
ation, a fractured right arm, a
fractured left knee cap, a lacera
tion of the tongue and multiple
bruises, according to her attend
ing physician.
Mrs. Fred Lumm, of 1222
West Main street, knocked un
conscious momentarily, suffered
brulaes and shock, her doctor
stated.
Mr McKee sustained a lacer
ated nose and Mr. Lumm suf
fered a laceration of the face.
Neither was hospitalized.
According to a police report
of the mishap, the car being
driven east on Fourth street by
Mr. Lumm was struck on the
right side by the machine being
operateJ north on Grape street
by Mr. McKee. Following the
impact the Lumm auto was
shoved up onto the sidewalk on
the noitheast corner Both cars
were considerably damaged.
TURKEYGROWERS
U. S. Merchantman Lehigh Sent to Bottom by Sub
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In the striking picture above the U. S.-owned freighter
Lehigh, with more than half her length submerged, lifts her
bow. Pulling away from the stricken ship are the No. 1 and
No. 2 lifeboats, last to leave the ship. The vessel went under
34 minutes after her crew cleared the side. In lower photo
the Lehigh, which was torpedosd by a submarine October 19,
points her bow skyward and p'.unged to the bottom. James
Earle, 2nd engineer, took these exclusive pictures.
Local produce houses report
ed today that turkey growers
re holding out for 30 cents per
pound for No. 1 hens, and 23
cents per pound for No. 1 toms
and as a result the local ship
ments lag. though time is short
to dispatch them east for the
Christmas trade. Swift and Com
pany reported their Thanksgiv
lng price Is 27 cents per pound
for No. 1 hens, and 22 H cents
for No. 1 toms. This was the last
local quotation.
It Is estimated that less than
. half of the valley turkey crop
was shipped out during the
Thanksgiving season. The total
output was figured at close to
43,000 birds.
Swift and Company reported
they expected to start buying
and killing Wednesday or Thurs
day of this week.
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BELLE VAIL
CALLED BY DEATH
Belle Vail Paine died at her
home. North Orange street.
Medford, Sunday afternoon,
November 23.
Born at Unlonvale. K. Y., she
was married to Lieutenant Wll
Ham H Paine. United States
army. In New York City, June
1, 1H97. Then followed twenty
three years of army life during
which sne made homes In Colo
rado, Georgia, Kansas. Cnllior
inia, Vermont, Cuua and three
ffmes n the Philippine Islands.
She had lived In Medford since
1921
Except her husband she
leaves no relatives in Oregon.
Funeral services will be private.
Offenbacher Estate
Valued at $19,454
An Inventory of the estate of
the late John Offenbacher, pio
neer resident of the Applegate
district, lists its value at
$19,454.43. The appraisers Wil
liam Grenbemer. Martin McDon
ough, and John T. Matney, filed
the document In probate court
Saturday. Executors of the
estate are Leon Offenbacher, a
nephew, and Attorney Allison
Moulton.
Chief Items on the Inventory
are the Applegate ranch, and
California Oregon Power com
pany stock.
Firemen Start Work .
Of Refurbishing Old
And Battered Toys
With an accumulation of bat
tered toys and new materials
on hand, firemen went to work
In earnest today on the Job of
reconstructing and repainting
the playthings for distribution
by the Lady Lions among under
privileged children for Christ
mas.
A generous assortment of toys
for the firemen's workshop was
produced by the special chil
dren's movie show at the Cra
terian theater last Friday. Spon
sored by the George A Hunt
Theaters, Inc.. and the Mail
Tribune, the show cost each
child attending a new or old
toy. With proceeds from their
annual Thanksgiving Day ball,
the firemen this morning pur
chased paint and other materials
and supplies needed in their
work of restoring the discarded
toys.
With a new, spacious work
shop In which to help fill
Santa's Christmas pack, the fire
men will soon be through wltn
the supply of toys on hand and
a great many more are still
needed, Chief Roy Elliott said.
AUTO CRASH SUIT
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The regular circuit court Jury.
Including a special venire of
five names drawn last week, to
bring the total of 24, has been
directed by the court to appear
tomorrow for the damage suit
of Waldo Green against II. N.
Adams of Puyallup, Wash.
Green seeks $20,000 general
damages and $1,000 special dam
ages for personal injuries alleg
edly received in an accident on
the Pacific highway in the Slski-
yous in July 1940.
It is anticipated the trial will
last two or three days. Attor
neys Don R. Newbury and
Charles W. Reames are opposing
counsel.
BAN TIN FOIL USE
AFTER MARCH 15
Fellowship Dinner at
Christian Church On
Tuesday at 6:45 P.M.
"Members and friends of tho
First Christian church will meet
Tuesday at 6:43 p. m. for a
fellowship dinner to celebrate
the fifty-seventh anniversary of
organization of the church. The
date has been changed from
Wednesday evening, as at first
announced, to cooperate with
the merchants Christmas open
ing program.
Kendall E. Burke, president
of Northwestern Christian col
lege, will be the speaker for the
occasion. Mrs. Stephen Epler
of Ashland will sing two num
bers. Mike Thorniley of the
Medford senior high school will
give a reading Leonard May-
field will be toastmaster. Spe
cial decorations will dramatize
the anniversary theme.
This will be a "pot-luck" din
ner which the friends and mem
bers of the church are invited
to attend.
1 KILLED. 80 HURT
Corinth, Miss., Nov. 24 AP)
One passenger was killed and
more than 80 Injured, three so
seriously they may die, when
eight cars of the Illinois Central's
fast passenger train, the Semi
nole, left the tracks and hurtled
down a 30-foot embankment a
mile south of there yesterday.
Mrs. Dovie Robertson, 72, of
Selmer, Tcnn., died in a hospital
here two and a half hours after
the accident. Listed as critically
injured were Mrs. J. W. Carman
of Chicago; James Madison Spur-
lock of tufaula. Ala., and Mrs.
J. T. Evans, 87. of Jackson. Tcnn.
The fast train, bound from
Florida to Chicago, was loaded
with persons returning from
Thanksgiving visits with rela
tives and friends. A transverse
fissure in a rail was described by
railroad officials as the cause of
the wreck.
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ASK SLOW-DOWN BAN
The Dalles, Ore., Nov. 24 (P)
The Oregon State Junioi
Chamber of Commerce, ending
two-day convention here yes
terday, passed a resolution de
manding congressional legisla
tion, prohibiting slow-down tac
tics in national defense indue
tries.
CITY HEADS MEET
Klamath Falls. Nov. 24 P)
A regional meeting for city of
ficiala will be held here tomor
row by the League of Oregon
Cities and the bureau of munici
pal research of the University cf
Oregon t
Washington, Nov. 24 CT
Start saying goodbye to the lead
foil on a package of tobacco,
tin foil on a bottle of ginger
Effective March IS. they'll
forbidden In the Interests of de
fense.
OPM Issued the order yester
day, and it bans the use of tin
or lead foil in the packaging of
tobat-co products, chewing gum.
candy, beverages, typewriter
ribbons, films and friction tape.
Foil manufacturers, OPM ex
plained, were using about 6.900
tons of lead each month. The
metal is widely needed for de
fense purposes, and only part of
the required supply is produced
in tills country.
PAPER SAVING
Fort Lewis. Nov. 24. P)
The public relations office of
the post command here reported
today In one of its press re
leases that such releases were
being condensed because the
war department was trying In
every way to conserve paper.
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CHILDREN IN FIRE
Nome, Alaska, Nov. 24 (AP)
Sexersl children received burns
LEAVING YANGTZE
Shanghai. Nov. 24. (AP)
The United States gunboat Wake
left Hankow for Shanghai today,
beginning the withdrawal of the
American navy's Yangtze river
patrol between Shanghai and
Hankow.
The 370-ton Wake was the last
occidental guardship left at Han
kow. United States naval au
thorities there also closed their
warehouse and liquidated the
stocks.
About SO Americans 35 of
them missionaries remained in
Hankow.
Evacuation of United States
naval forces at Shanghai, includ
ing marines, appeared tonight to
be near execution following
upon President Roosevelt's order
earlier this month to the marines
to retire from China. The ma
rines are expected to be out of
Shanghai by Sunday. Withdraw
al of the naval patrol appeared
likely to be effected the last, of
the week. I
Ice Cream Plant Is
Damaged by Blaze
Portland. Nov. 24 (" A
three-alarm fire caused $200,000
damage at the Sunfreeze Ice
cream plant here yesterday.
Manager Gustave E. Hilen,
who estimated the damage, said
later surveys might show the
$1,000,000 structure, owned by
the Arden Farms Dairy, to have
suffered even greater loss.
Two firemen were slightly In
jured In controlling the blaze.
cause of which was undeter
mined, .
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Dial 3551
Next time, try the train
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wake up there
Cm yoi Imaging an easier, more pleasant wst to travel
than this : go to bed in s soft, comfortable berth. Enjoy
good night's sleep. VC'ake up at Tour destination.
Try It, ne time you go to Portland. Overnight service
returning too.
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STOP SIGNS FOR
FOURTH STREET
UP IN FEW DAYS
Installation of stop signs and
buttons along Fourth street and
Central avenue will be staryd
tomorrow, Fred W. Scheffel,
city superintendent stated today.
The city council approved
this traffic safety move Septem
ber IS but giving effect to the
council's action has been delay
ed by slowness in delivery of
the necessary signs, Mr". Scheffel
explained. The signs, of a kind
that can be seen at night, had
to be ordered in the east, he re
lated, adding that they are now
on hand and were being attach
ed to steel posts today. The but
tons. In accordance with state
regulations, will be imbedded In
the center of the streets at the
entrance to Fourth street and
Central avenue. The signs will
go in the parkways.
While delivery of the signs
has been awaited, accidents
have continued to occur along
Fourth street. The latest, occur
ring yesterday morning at
Fourth and Grape streets caused
injury to four persons, all of
whom were taken to a hospital
for treatment, two of them in
an ambulance.
Under the resolution adopted
by the council, Fourth street
was made a stop street from
North Oakdale avenue to River
side avenue, excepting Central
avenue. Central avenue was
made a stop street from Sixth
street to Edwards street. The
Fourth street action was solely
for traffic safety while the Cen
tral avenue move was a prepara
tory step governing a smooth
flow of traffic in case the pro
posed Medford army canton
ment should become a reality.
Prospect
Mrs. Lloyd Johnson and son.
Uordan. Mr. and Mrs. James
Dole, Glenn and Paul Dole, Miss
Ailecn. Sherwood, Joyce Mont
gomory. Miss Mildred Johnson.
Eugene, Wayne, Robert and
Gbria Dunagan. and Mr. and
Mrs. Dunagan. After dinner, in
strumental and vocal music was
enjoyed.
. Adln Hammon has secured vork at
Bedding. Calif. Hla wife and two little
son. are .taring at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson Nye for a few days
until they Join him.
Charlea Gray, oldest son of Mr. and
Mr. Richard Gray, underwent a ton-
allectomy In Medford last week.
The Charlie Skeetera logging com
pany haa ceased operatlona In thla
locality and have moved out for thla
season.
Sunday dinner guest, at th Reu
ben Moore home were Mrs. Nealy
Bean, Eldon Bean, and son Leon, of
Ashland, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Onn
and daughter. Norma, of Trail.
Mr. and Mrs. Dee Hedepetb and
son Robin visited their friends, Mr.
and Mrs. Clan RJchey of Cbemault,
over the Thanksgiving holldsy.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Sutclllte, son.
Herbert, daughter, Dorothy, and her
house guest. Miss Peggy ackenstoa.
of Portland, visited In Medford and
Ashland, Saturday. On Sunday Mrs.
Sutcltffe and Herbert took Miss Doro
thy and Miss Peggy back to Oswego,
where they reside at Rosecllffe Hall,
and attend Marylhurst College.
WUlard Horn returned to
Prairie Friday to resume hla logging
operatlona. alter spending Thanks
giving with hla fanjlly bera.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Moor and
daughter. Colleen, motored to Gold
Hill Thursday and vlaltod Mrs.
Moore's brother and alster-ln-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Claud. Chapman.
. REGIMENT LEAVES
Salem, Nov. 24. (AP) The
30th infantry regiment, compris
ing 1,100 men, left Salem this
morning for Fort Lewis on the
last leg of its movement from
San Francisco. It will rejoin the
third division. The soldiers stay
ed last night at the state fair
grounds. Arthur Pryor, the band mas
ter, conducted his first "band
when he was 21 years old at
Denver.
RtUef for Miseria of '
HEAD COLDS
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nostril. It tl) shrinks swoUrn mem
branes, (3) soothes Irritation, ana
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lose our way and need the guid
ance of someone who can help
us. We can extend that help to you
with the sure knowledge that we know
what we are doing, and do It efficiently,
respectfully and economically. Please let
us extend to you our services in your
time of distress.
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Prospect, Nov. 24. 'Spl.)
Mr. and Mrs Leslie Dunagan
entertained the Naza'-ene church
orencstra members and their
families at dinner Friday eve
ning. Covers were placed for
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Glinr and
daughter, Miss Mary, Mr. and
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CHRISTMAS COMES TO
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NOV. 26
Celebrate The Grandest
Christmas Opening Yet
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