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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1942. PAGE THREE II I FLOUIjORAFT Tacoma School Teacher Acts as Attorney For Boy Cites Religious Freedom. New Carrier Launched Tacoma. Aug. 4. OP) Ap pearing as an attorney for her own son, who is charged by federal authorities with ignor . ing a draft call, a Tacoma school ' teacher and member of Jehov ah's Witnesses said today her son must go to prison rather than serve in the army. The son Is David Pugsley, also a member of the religious sect. Draft board witnesses tes tified he had not only ignored the draft call but had refused to consider going to a conscienti ous objector's camp "if it was run by the army." , Mrs. Grace Pugsley said her son, if given a choice between service in the army or "a sen tence at McNeil Island peniten tiary, has no alternative but to go to prison." Cites Constitution Mrs. Pugsley repeatedly claim ed the draft board order was in contradiction to the first amend I ment of the U. S. constitution which prohibits curtailing free exercise of religion. Mrs. Pugsley said she was a descendent of Enoch Beach, one of the early colonial settlers of the country. She said she had been a member of Jehovah's Witnesses since 1898. When asked how she recon ciled her beliefs and those of her son with his employment at the Boeing aircraft plant in Seattle, she replied she "took no pleasure in his work there. But there is nothing anyone can do without contributing to the war effort in some way." U. S. Commissioner H. G. Fitch said "this is a plain act of defiance on the part of the de fendant." He raised the bail from S500 to $3,000 and ordered the prisoner held for trial. Wives Of Soldiers Will Be Guests At Home Of Mrs. Gore "tip'. vT'TTT.o. j BY Harry Pitts of Thomas road, charged with driving an auto while under the influence of in toxicating liquor, was sentenced to 75 days in the county jail and fined $100 and costs by Justice of the Peace W. R. Coleman yes terday. There was no suspen sion of sentence or costs. It was one of the heaviest sentences administered for the offense in several months. Pitts, according to the testi mony, engaged in a wild Satur day night in the Jacksonville area that was climaxed by his knocking down the grandpar ents, uncle and aunt of a 15- year-old girl resident of Ruch when he arrived at their home. The district attorney reported all four were rendered uncon scious. The grandfather is 75 years old. Pitts also had an ar gument with the Jacksonville city marshal before driving to Ruch. Following the Ruch fight Pitts retired to his auto where he "passed out" and was later arrested. Other fines imposed in an ex ceptionally busy day in Justice court were: Irwin Thomas, no operator's license, $1.50 and costs; Loren Demers, Gold Hill, no muffler on auto, $1 and costs; George W. Harrison, Grants Pass, failure to give right of way, $5 and costs; E. C. Harri son, Ashland, more than three persons in front seat of auto, $2.50 and costs; Russell E. Noyes, failure to stop at a stop sign, $1 and costs, and Ernest C. Ward, no operators' license, $1 and costs. Clotlng tlma tor Clasained Ada ,. m. Too 1st to Classify 13 JO P.U.C. EXAMINER HEARS PLEAS BY Three motor hearings were held In the courthouse today by staff representatives of Ormond R. Bean, public utilities commis sioner of Oregon. C. T. Terrill, examiner of the commission's staff, handled the cases which included: Supplementary application of Everett A. Faber and Donald E. Faber, doing business as the Farmer's Supply Co, for an ex tension of service; application of Earl C. Leever, doing business as the Terminal Cab Co., for carrying passengers to and from the cantonment; application of J. M. Gormley and Effie Counce of Grants Pass also for taxicab sen-ice and supplementary ap plication of the Rogue River Valley Transit Co., of Medford. also for the right to carry pas sengers. William Bush, staff reporter for the commissioner, handled the testimony in the four cases. The commissioner s ratty will leave tomorrow morning for Klamath Falls where another hearing is to be held In the ap plication of E. G. Hogue doing business as Pat's Cab Service. YREKA. Calif., Aug. 4 (IP) A pet dog riding in the back seat of the car Jumped to Henry Miller's shoulder as he was driving with his wife and another couple along the narorw Klamath River road north of Yreka. Miller lost central. The car left the road and dropped into the river, settling under 15 feet of water. The body of Mrs. Bert Bohen, 88, and of the dog were found in the machine yesterday. Bohen and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller, all of Dunsmuir, escaped. G. M. DIVIDEND New York, Aug. 4. (JP Di rectors of General Motors corp. today declared a dividend of 50 cents a share on the common stock, the same amount as dis bursed in the two preceding quarters. It is payable Septem ber 12 to stock of record August 13. POISON OAK? Try a bottle oi ZEMACOL Too mail be satisfied or roar money cheerfully refunded. Get a bottle today at WESTERN THRIFT. Fifteen months and three days after her keel was laid, the U. S. S. Essex slides down the ways in to the James river at Newport News, Va. The carrier was the first of Its type launched by the navy since Pearl Harbor. Soldiers' Wives club will meet for potluck luncheon at the home of Mrs. E. E. Gore, 118 Geneva street, Wednesday noon. The committee met at USO today at 2 p. m. Serving on the committee are the wives of Sergeants Tommicillie, Tyler, Williamson, Corey and Johnson. Helping with the plans will be Miss Verlinda Silva, new USO staff member, Mrs. Shirley Bank, USO chairman of housing, Mrs. Edward Rein, advisor to the young women. Also present for the first cdmmittee meeting was Home Demonstration Agent Marion Farrell, who showed short cuts in saving, preparing and serving meals. Today's program Included dis cussion of coming events and planning for other picnics and luncheons to follow the one to be held on Mrs. Porter Neff's lawn Wednesday, August 12 at noon. Other soldiers' wives who wish to Join the group are urged to call USO 7131 and leave name and address with Mrs. Banks, COLUMNISTS ABSOLVED New York. Aug. 4. (JP) The circuit court of appeals today unanimously affirmed the find ings of a federal court jury that an article published in the syn dicate's column "Washington Merry-Go-Round, did not libel Rep. Martin L. Sweeney (D, Ohio). EYE DEL NORTE CHROME Sacramento, Aug. 4 (JP) The state bureau of war miner als production has announced its geologists would start a sur vey tomorrow of all chrome properties in Del Norte county R A car driven by Harry Caton of Kings Highway smashed into one driven by Lucile B. Miller of Route 1, at the intersection of Kings -Highway and Stewart avenue Monday evening, badly damaging Mrs. Miller's vehicle. City police investigating the wreck report that young Caton admitted he was driving too fast and that his brakes were poor but Mrs. Miller intervened In his behalf and asked that he be not arrested. Three small children In Mrs. Miller's car were uninjured. Reports of several other minor accidents were on file today. Mrs. George Rosenfiled of Car gill Court reported a minor col lision with a car driven by James F. Johnson, Eagle Point, at East Main and Bartlett streets Monday. Mrs. Ethel Pease of Prospect suffered bruises in an accident Sunday afternoon when the car in which she was a passenger, driven by George C. Wimer of 40 N. Ivy street, collided with a taxi-cab driven by Thomas A. Helman, 420 Pearl street. The accident occurred at the Inter section of W. Eleventh and S. Orange streets, according to the report filed. Dm Mall TriDun want ads. HERE TOP STATE The navy's custom of award ing "E" pennants to various branches of the service for effi ciency, was recently adopted by the Oregon navy recruiting headquarters in Portland. Med ford is the first substation to be awarded this pennant, surpas sing even Portland's percentage of enlistments per capita. During July 60 men were en listed in the navy through the Medford recruiting office, or 187 per cent of the assigned quota. Portland took second place with 171 and Marsh field third place with 138. A final tabulation shows that 1379 enlistments were effected from Oregon giving this district a score of 126 men per 100,000 population for the month. Cm Mail TrlbuDs want ads. TAKEN BY DEATH Henry Edwin Hooker a resi dent of Medford and Jackson county for the past 26 years passed away early Monday after noon at a local hospital, after brief illness Mr. Hooker was born In Mound Cit, Kas., September 1, 1866. He came to Oregon at the age of fifteen. In 1888 he met Nettie McBee at Heppner. Ore gon, and was united in marriage March 5, 1888. To this union were born two sons and two daughters. Mr. Hooker Is survived by his wife of Medford, one son. Earl Hooker, of Caldwell, Idaho. The daughters, Mrs. John Schwartz, of American Falls, Idaho, and Mrs. Leila Lounder, of Medford, one sister Mrs. E. A. Freden- burg of Medford, and one brother W. A. Hooker, of Med ford. Also five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Perl Funeral Home Wed nesday at 2 p. m. The Rev. R, W. Coleman of the Christian church will officiate and inter ment will be in Medford I. O. O. F. cemetery. NOBODY'S HAPPY Los Angeles, July 4 (JP) Everett Abbott, parking lot at tendant, climber into the driv er's seat to move a customer's car. He sat on a swarm of bees, which did not like It. 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