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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNF. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1941. PAGE FTVB AT L Underground Cable Shorts Studies To Be Resumed Friday Says Principal. Disruption In electric service closed Medford senior high school today. School will be re sumed tomorrow, Leonard May field, principal said. The trouble developed last night In an underground conduit which carries the electric wires from outside poles to the school, the California Oregon Power company said, explaining that probably deteriorating insula tion w-s the basis of the service disruption. All service in the Oakdale avenue section south of Main street was affected, serv ice being out for some homes in the area up to a maximum of three hours. Service was re sumed as quickly as the high school underground cable could be isolated, it was explained. The cable, part of the private high school set-up, was being repaired today. Band Practices While the high school was closed, there was no vacation to day for the students taking part in the bard and choral clinic be ing conducted by the music de partment, with Ashland, Butte Falls and Grants Pass schools participating with the Medford senior and junior high schools. The choral groups moved to the Lincoln school gymnasium and the band to the Washington school gymnasium. The public concert, culmination of the Inusic clinic, will be held in the senior high school at 8 p. m. tomorrow as planned, Mr. May field emphasized. About 80 mu sicians will participate with the band, 2S0 with the chorus. Besides the lights, the disrup tion affected heat and water dis tribution in the school, Mr. May field explained. IN RILEY BLAZE Dick Kay, of the Old Stage road, head of Kay Lithograph ing, Inc., burned his hands and slightly singed his face and hair in carrying a burning chair from the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Riley in the Prentice court, 523 Dakota avenue, last night Mr. Kay was given first aid treatment by firemen while a doctor was summoned. At his home this morning it was stated that Mr. Kay was getting along all right The fire, blamed by Chief Roy Elliott on a cigarette, ruin ed the chair and a davenport The Rileys and their guests dis covered the fire upon returning to the house after a brief ab sence, Chief Elliott said. Fire men answered a ward alarm. U. S. CONSUL AT HANOI ARRESTED BY JAPANESE Washington, Dec. 11. (JP) The state department announced tonight that O. Edmund C'ubb, American consul at Hanoi, French Indo-Chftia, had been arrested by Japanese military authorities. Iris Johnston, a clerk at the consulate, was taken Into cus today at the same time, on the evening of December 7, it was raid. Both were described as safe and well. GOLD HILL ODDFELLOWS ELECT NEW OFFICERS Gold Hill, Dec. 11. (Spl) Harry Newnham has been elect ed noble grand of the Oddfel low lodge: Walter McLean, vice grand; William Autenrieth, sec retary; Norman Gail, treasurer. Installation of officers will be held early In January. VittV H.f L I' ... 'I -" ' i SUNSHINE Sun foddess of southern California's all winter sun festival will be pretty Barbara Britton of Lone Beach. As reigning- queen, she'll have to preside over some 300 events comprising the winter fete at Los Angeles. Rogue River Annual Wins Second Honors In National Rating Rogue River, Dec. 11. (Spl) In recognition of its merit, the 1941 Ro-Hi-An, Rogue River yearbook, was awarded second class honor rating by the Na tional Scholastic Press associa tion, 1941 all-American year book critical service, it was re ported by Charlotte White, edi tor of 1942 Ro-Hi-An. The cer tificate of award will be framed and placed in the trophy case. With E. V. Lincoln, faculty advisor, and Mabel Tyrrell, edi tor, the staff of eight high school students edited the first lithographed yearbook ever pub lished by the school. Formerly the publication has been either mimeographed or printed. Report of the critical survey indicated that the book was particularly well organized and the class album section was bet ter than average. s L STARTS DEC. 20 City schools will be closed for the Christmas recess from De cember 20 to January 4, inclu sive, E. H. Hedrick, superintend ent said today. Last classes before the vaca tion will be held Friday, Decem ber' 19 and school will be re sumed Monday, January 5, Mr. Hedrick said. The usual Christ mas programs will be held De cember 19, he added. CBS BROADCASTER ON SUNKEN BATTLESHIP Singapore, Dec. 11. W) Ce cil Brown, Columbia Broadcast ing System reporter, was on board the Prince of Wales when she was sunk, informed quarters said today. With Brown went O'Dowd Gallagher, London Daily Ex press war correspondent who had covered - the Chinese-Japanese and the Spanish civil wars, and the battles of France and Britain. SAY -WHAT J THE BEST WHISKEY VALUE ? oto OSCAR Old Oscor 'par ... Um.m Whhkrr V4 96 pncf1t UrMfht ukiUin 49 gnm mtmtrml Wrr Frwni ftrtDiuMtria, Int., ImwMU 6 Btltitmn. T BY HULL Aid of the Lions club in ob servance of all defense regula tions was solicited at the club's weekly dinner-meeting in the Hotel Medford last night by Frank Hull, coordinator of the Jackson County Council of De fense. Mr. Hull emphasized that careless disregard of regulations by one community might Jeop ardize the safety of the entire coast area. Having returned only yester day noon from a conference on defense bousing in San Fran cisco, Mr. Hull told of his ex periences in the California met ropolis during its first nights of blackout He said there was considerable lack of cooperation the first night when many ad vertising signs were left illum inated and the citizens in gen eral did not take the matter seriously. On the second night however, virtually the entire area was black, he said. The Rev. R. W. Coleman, club member, spoke of the need of calm thinking and conduct and counseled against hysteria. He suggested that everyone start immediately the practice of con servation and strict economy. He pleaded for the maintenance of a high morale to aid the na tion in attaining victory. Ben E. Harder, director of the Red Cross campaign to raise $12,000 in Jackson coun ty for war relief, solicited the assistance of the club. He said that all the service clubs were being Invited to assist and that collections would be directed by a group composed of one mem ber from each club. The Lions appointed Ed Mann to represent them. BEGINNER'S LUCK Pueblo, Colo. (IP) You've about beginners' luckT Damian Ducy of Pueblo never had caught a fish. He went on a good-will trip to the Gulf of Mexico and pulled out a 77 pound tarpon the first time he dropped a line in the water. (t I SAT UP IN BED trying to get llttl sleep. Stomach upwt. Sine using ADLEKIKA I feel so good I Am 64 yvu-a old and do my own work." E. P.-Okla.) It gaa In tomach or Inteatlnea bothera YOU. try ADLKRTKA today. .West 81d Pharmacy. G0NZAGA BUILDING IS DAMAGED BY FLAMES Spokane, Dec. 11 OP) Fire of unidentified origin swept through a large part of the ad ministration building of Gon zaga university, Tuesday, caus ing damage estimated by fire department officials at $123,000. 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