BRAZILIAN SAVANT
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Dr. Hermanes Tovares, Bra
zilian scientist, . will speak at
the high school auditorium next
Monday night at 8 p. m., his
appearance here being sponsor
ed by the Jackson County
League of Women Voters. Dr.
Tovares is touring this country
for the Institute of Inter-American
Affairs and in Oregon his
tour is being handled by the
, general extension division of
the Oregon system of higher ed-
1 ucation. He is appearing in sev
eral Oregon cities.
The Brazilian, accompanied
by two University of Oregon
professors and a research stu
dent from Chile now attending
Oregon State college, is appear
ing at service club luncheons,
conducting afternoon forums
for high schools and colleges
and holding the public meetings
evenings. The group is to be in
Ashland Monday noon and aft
ernoon. "Is the Good Neighbbr Policy
a Failure" will be the subject
of Dr. Tovare's talk in Medford.
Mrs. Justin Smith, president
' of the league, states for the in
formation of league members
that presentation of Dr. Tovares
constitutes the November gen
eral meeting of 1he group and
she urges all members to attend
and to bring friends. Anyone
interested is Invited to attend
and there is no charge.
untn Monday to give the defense
more time for preparation.
Facing possible death sen
tences were: Cpl. Luther Larkin,
23, Helena, Ark., Sgt. Arthur
J. Hurks, 28, Houston, Tex., and
Pvt. William G. Jones 21 of De
catur, 111.
The military trial, carrying
with it possible life imprison
ment on the rioting .charges
alone, resulted from an attack
by rock-wielding Negroes on the
sleeping quarters of an Italian
service unit at the fort on the
night, of August 14.
PLEAD INNOCENT
Seattle, Nov. 16 (U.R) Forty
three Negro soldiers, three of
them charged with murder, and
all with rioting, pleaded inno
cent to ajl charges today, at a
brief preliminary session of the
American army's largest domes
tic court martial of this war, at
Fort Lawton in Seattle.
On motion by defense council,
the court martial was postponed
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TAKEN BY DEATH
Minnie B. Corlies, 75, wife of
Frank M. Corlies of 117 Laurel
street, passed away in a local
hospital this morning.
Mrs. Corlies was born in Illi
nois December 3, 1868. She was
united in marriage on September
27, 1889, to Mr. CorUes who
survives
She united with the Methodist
church in 1889 and was an ac
tive member until her failing
health would no longer permit.
Mrs. Corlies was also a mem
ber of the Eastern Star for more
than 40 years. The family came
to Medford 35 years ago.
Besides her husband, she
leaves two daughters, Mrs.
Venita M. Quicke of Los Angeles
and Mrs. George A. Codding of
Medford and one son, Lloyd De
witt Corlies. Also five grandchil
dren. Announcement of arrange
ments for funeral services will
be made by Conger-Morris
funeral parlors later..
Albert Jones' 60,
Passes Suddenly
Albert Jones, aged 60, passed
I away suddenly this forenoon.
rar. Jones has resided in Med
ford for the last 25 years. His
home was 412 Union avenue. He
followed carpentering until his
health failed.
A complete obituary will be
given by Conger-Morris Funeral
parlors later.
Gold Hill Students
To Present Comedy
Gold Hill, Nov. 18 Students
of Gold Hill high school will
present a three act comedy,
"Here Comes Charlie," to be giv
en in the high school gymnasium
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock.
Tickets are on sale at the high
school office or may be pur
chased from members of the stu
dent body. .
TO GO INTO FINAL
PHASE OF AGENDA
Bye, N. Y.. Nov. 16 U.R
The international business con
ference today entered its final
phase of plenary sessions on wo
sections of its agenda on a sur
face note of optimism and an
undercurrent of fear among
some nations that the United
States was leaning toward im
perialistic tendencies.
Section meetings were held in
the morning with the first plen
ary session set for mid-afternoon.
It was to hear reports on
private enterprise and on raw
materials and foodstuffs. The
latter report will recommend an
international bureau of stand
ards including a clearing house
of information for agriculture,
and will advance a plan for
elimination of trade barriers in
cluding gradual tariff reductions,
Additional plenary sessions
will be held tomorrow and Sat
urday. The conference will ad
journ Saturday and meet again
Monday.
Arthur Spencer Watts, chair
man of the Australian delega
tion, told the United Press that
the conference was rounding out
its work in excellent style and
added that if the various gov
ernments of the 52 nations rep
resented follow the advice given,
"This will be a better world."
WILL BE SCARCE
San Francisco, Nov. 16 (U.R)
Turkeys available for civilians
will be extremely scare this
Thanksgiving, W. S. . Breton,
chief of the food section of the
regional office of price admini
stration, predicted today.
"The army is expending every
effort to get Thanksgiving tur
keys to all our boys, regardless
of where they are," Breton re
ported, "and until the army's re
quirements are filled, our civil'
ian share will be slim."
SOLON CRUIZES TWO
YEAR TERMS IN HOUSE
Washington, Nov. 16 (U.R)
Rep. Clarence F. Lea, D., Calif.,
criticizing two-year terms of
house members as emphasizing
Planning A New Life
Patients In tuberculosis hospital!
are not Idle. While recovering from
tbe diseaae, they keep abreast o(
new developments In their trade, or
learn a new one, so that they will
be prepared to lead useful lives on
leaving the sanatorium. Rehabilita
tion programs for tuberculous pa
tients are supported b the sale of
Christmas Seals. .
'the political phase of member
ship." proposed a constitutional
amendment today to lengxnen
the terms to four years.
In a statement prepared for
the congressional record, Lea
said his amendment would call
for election of about half the
members every two years as
against . the present system
whereby all members are up for
re-election at the same time.
T
D I ES. APPLEGATE
MODERN 'RIPPER'
HELD BY POLICE
IN LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, Nov. 16 U.R
Dapper Otto Steve Wilson, 32,
a modern "Jack the Ripper"
who confessed killing two at
tractive women and horribly
mutilating their bodies in the
most savage crime here in a gen
eration, told police today that
he passed away the' time be
tween the two slay in gs attend
ing a horror movie, "The Walk
ing Dead."
A traffic officer making a
routine check of all persons in
the area, which had been suit
rounded by a cordon of police,
arrested Wilson in a bar a few
doors from the hotel where one
of the crimes had . been com
mitted. . . v .
The slashed pieces of the
first victim, Mrs. Virgie Lee
Griffin, 25-year-old errant wife
of a truck driver, was found in
a closet of a downtown hotel.
While police were investigat
ing the blood-splattered scene
they were called to another ho
tel three blocks away where
they found the similarly hacked
body of Mrs. Lillian Johnson,
M.
Wilson was reluctant to talk
at first but later changed his
mind and 'readily admitted the
goulish acts.
Wilson said he met Mrs. Grif
fin while he was wandering on
the city's skid-row.
Cared Henry Thatcher, 88,
passed away at his home in the
Applegate late Wednesday. He
had resided there for the past
34 years.
He leaves three children, Ed
Thatcher of Scotts Bluff, Nebr.;
Fred J. of National City, Calif.,
and Portia Kitto, Hollywood,
Calif.. Also four grandchildren,
Harold Kitto, Los Angeles; Mrs.
Elsie Weis, of Medford; Loisgae
Kruggel, Medford, and Rolland
Kruggel in the U. S. army. One
sister, Mrs. Etta Pruit, resides
at Santa Cruz, Calif.
Funeral services will be held
in the Conger-Morris chapel at
10 a. irh Saturday with the Rev.
Louis C. Kirby officiating. In
terment 'will be in Mountain
View cemetery at Ashland.
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IN I F. HOTELS
San Francisco, Nov. 18 (U.R)
Civilian visitors to San Fran
cisco today were required to
double up, as 33 leading hotels
announced they would hence
forth refuse to rent single rooms
with or without bath.
"There's no such thing any
more," Martin E. Logan, secre
tary of the National Hotel Own
ers' association, said.
Meanwhile, the St. Francis
and Fairmont, two of the city's
swankest hotels, announced plans
to add nearly 200 additional
"barracks"" rooms for service
men when the Pacific offensive
reaches its peak.
Chinese Sever Two
Jap Escape Routes
Chungking, Nov 16 (U.R)
Chinese troops have ' cut both
I main roads south from Bhamo,
virtually completing encircle
ment of, the trade center in
northeast Burma, 40 miles west
of the Chinese frontier, a com
munique said today.
Only rugged trails remained
for the Japanese escape route.
FORMERSHADY COVE
RESIDENT SUCCUMBS
Shady Cove, Nov. 16 (U.R)
Mrs. Pearl Mann, wife of Vernle
M. Mann, passed away Nov. 11
in a San Francisco hospital aft
er a short illness. Besides her
husband she leaves two sons,
Clifford, in the navy, and
Freddie.
She leaves many friends In
Shady Cove, the Manns having
lived here for about five years
before moving to San Francisco.
RECLAMATION HEAD
DECLINES NEW TERM
Denver, Nov. 16 (U.R) After
serving for nine years as presi
dent of the National iReclama
tion association, O. S. Warden,
Great Falls, Mont., publisher,
said today that he had informed
the association's directors that
he did not want the post longer.
Receiving top consideration
for the executive post, it wasj
understood, were One Bundy of
Ogden, Utah, and Judge Robert
Sawyer of Bend, Ore.
London, Nov. 16 U.R) Hans
Thomsen, German minister to
Sweden, has arrived in Berlin
to report on the tense relations
between the countries, nazi
broadcasts reported today coin
cident with Stockholm reports
of a roundup of gestapo agents
by Swedish police.
The Transocean News Agency
said that Thomsen would return
to Stockholm soon. In connection
with his trip the agency recalled
recent charges and counter
charges between Sweden and
Germany regarding alleged fron
tier violations and the nazi ex
tension of the war zone through-'
out the Baltic. ,
Stockholm said Swedish police
had begun a roundup of the
foremost gestapo agents in
Sweden, and two men already
had been ordered out of the
country as undesirables.
PIERCE FREIGHT LINES
AWARDED SAFETY PRIZE
Archie Pierce, president of
Pierce Auto Lines, Inc.,recently
received word that his firm has
been awarded the Certificate of
Merit in the tenth national
truck safety contest sponsored
by American Trucking Associa
tions, Inc.
. Pierce stated that his firm
had hoped to win another first
place but feels fortunate in se
curing this award considering
the conditions under which they
operated.
UNITED DISCONTINUES
ATC ANCHORAGE HOPS
Chicago, Nov. 16 (U.R)
United Air Lines today discon
tinues its flights for the Air
Transfort Command between
Seattle, Wash., and Anchorage,
Alaska,' so that it may transport
personnel from that route to the
Trans-Pacific operations which
it helps conduct for the ATC.
Since 1942 United has flown
more than 5,200,000 miles with
16,500,000 pounds of men, ma
terial, and supplies, between the
United States and Alaska.
Thursday. Wot. IS, 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUHB fTVB
STILWELL KEEPS
QUIET REGARDING
CHINA SITUATION
Carmel, Calif., Nov. 16 (U.R)
Gen. Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe"
Stilwell, who is enjoying a well
earned rest at his home here,
will talk about almost anything
in the world but the military
situation in China or conditions
which led to his removal as
commander of the China-Burma-India
theater.
The general, attired In a
green uniform devoid of any
ribbons or decorations, except
his four Gold Stars, spent two
informal hours chatting about
his garden, his family and the
weather yesterday in his first
press conference since return
ing to the United States.
Asked if he would say any
thing about China, Stilwell af
fably replied that he "would
rather leave political and civil
ian views of China completely
out of this discussion."
The general and Mrs. Stilwell
entertained scores of newsmen
and photographers at their
I home overlooking the Carmel
I beach.
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