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gtX MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUafc Thoradar, Bw f, 1 144 Ramparif Army Smashes Kovy, 23-7 DAILY SHIPMENTS PEAR GIFT BOXES CHINA RELIEF SOCIETY APPEALS TO PRESIDENT San Francisco, Dec. 7 (U.R) Alarmed over the military crisis in China, the China War Relief association today appealed to President Roosevelt to rush all, passible aid to China at ones to prevent prolongation of the war and greater loss of lives. Another telegram to President Chiang Kai-Shek offered (SO, 032 as gifts to Chinese troops fighting in the Kwangsi-Kwei-chow area. SEPRIS NELSON GUNS FOR FIRST MONEY IN I TO AWAITS MAI BOUT WITH CLEVER FOE Oust Johnson, Pacific coast Junior heavyweight wrestling champion, and Bulldog Jackson await the bell which will send them together for their main event match at Medford armory tonight. Jackson, stomping ham' merlock artist, will be gunning for a victory over the champion, a move which would elevate him to the big money class In coast wrestling circles. The Bulldog points to his recent referee's de cision over the Gray Mask in a Portland ring as evidence that he li capable of taking care of himself against the clever Jotm ton.' Harold (Blood and Guts) Ds vidson, who wos defeated by Johnson last week, will meet , Herb Parks, Canadian tltlist, in the four-round semi-wlndup. By whipping Parks, Davidson will have to be considered by Pro moter Mack Llllard for another main event bout. Parks has long been recognized in the west as a fine legitimate grappler and might give Davidson a lot of trouble. Topy Ross and Billy McEuIn will collide in ths three-round opener. Both displayed a tend ency to become rough with op ponent In their last appearances here and the match is expected to be a hectic one while it last. It will fo to the mat at 8:30. Gibson Crabs Lead In Bowling Match Chicago, Dec. 7 (U.PJ Ther man Gibson, husky Detroit bowl er, held top honors in the semi final of the national itngles bowling tournament today with a SB-fame total of 7264, eight pins mora than Joe Sinke, Chi cago. The youthful Detrolter fired a 1379 for the final six game to oust the Chicago mailman from the lead. Andy Varlpapa, Hempstead, N. T finished third with 7250. Varlpapa topped the field for a single eerie with a 1310 total for six games yesterday. Ui Matt TrlbuM Want AOs. DO YOU WANT TO SELL Sew Us rt Mm No Delay Any Mike at Modal Skinner's Garage 143 S. Riverside Ph. 2740 J Br Hal Wood United Press Staff Correspondent Oakland, Cal., Dec. 7 flJ.FD A field of 131 amateur and pro fessional golfers teed off today In search of first money in the 17,000 Oakland open tourna ment, with Lord Byron Nelson gunning for repeat perform ance of his win In the San Fran cisco open Monday. Short but steep, compared to San Francisco's Harding park layout, the par-70 Sequoyah course here nevertheless fits the driving ability of such long ball hitters as Nelson; Slammin' Sammy Snead, victor in the Portland open; Sgt. Jim Ferrler, former Australian champ and runner-up In San Francisco, and Sammy Byrd, Detroit, former outfielder for the New 'York Yankees. , The Sequoyah fairway are narrow, however, and require accuracy. If present good weath er continues through the end of the tournament Sunday, the winning 72-hole score of 281 in San Francisco should be low ered. In final practice sessions yes terday U. S. Champion Craig wood and Newt Bassler, Car- mel, Cal., carded 68 apiece, a score equaled earlier by Claude Harmon, Grosse Polnte Woods, Mich., and Ferrler. Nelson, who suffered an at tack of Indigestion, took 39 strokes 'out but recovered with an incoming 34 for a 73. Rubin Keeps Jinx Over Willie Hoppe, New York, Dee. 7 U.R) Arthur Rubin, as much of a jinx as Willie Hoppe has in billiards, today held his second tourna ment victory over the champion In two yean and both losses were the only ones Hoppe has suffered In tournament play in that period of time. Rubin, a Brooklyn cue expert, scored the first upset of the world' centennial three-cushion billiard tournament and his first victory of the competition, when he defeated Hoppe 60 to 47 in 43 inning. It wa Hoppe' third loss In tournament play In the last four year. GOLFERS TEE OFF IN MIAMI OPEN .TOURNEY Miami, Fla Dec. 7 U.R) A field of 180 golfer teed off to day in the 21st renewal of the oldest golf tournament in the United State, the Miami open, which offer cash prize of f 10,- 000 to the professional. several of the big name pros war m Using from the starter's tea because of competition on the wen coast, but scrambling for an early lead were such veteran llnksmen Johnny Revolta, Gen Saraien, Henry Plcard, Johnny Bulla, Tommy Armour. Tony Penna, Tony Manero and Ed Dudley. America's forests grow about 31,500 cubic feet of wood per minute and still pipe-smokers i Keep running out of matches, . . . . . i (Acme Telephoto) Edgar Kenna, Army back, take a punt on hit own 15-yard line and returns ft to the 20 Delate Navy's Hal Ham berg 4s broke through to Bring him down. Army, displaying all the power and deception that made It a polnt-a-mlnute team, defeated Navy, 23 to 7, to win mythical national football championship before 47,000 fans at Baltimore. Md. KIWANIANS FETE Medford high school's state championship football squad, with Coaches Al Simpson and Ed Klrtley, were special guests Wednesday of Klwanis Club at their noon dinner meeting in Holland Hotel. Players were complimented on their conduct and sportsman ship shown during their season and were congratulated on win ning the championship. Dr. Walter Redford, presi dent of Southern Oregon Col lege of Education, Ashland, spoke on his trip through West Virginia last spring where he attended an educators' meeting at Jackson' Hill, Redford told of his trip through a steel plant making metal runways for air planes and of a glass factory he visited. He also commented on the excellent set-up for 4-H members at Jackson' Hill; stat ing it would be an excellent project for Jackson cqunty. ALL-STAR GRID CLASH BENEFITS AID SOCIETY Chicago, Dec. 7 (UP.) The 11th annual all-star football game played at Dyche stadium August 30, netted $78,050, an alltlme record. Checks for $39,025 each were sent to Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of the U. S. army air forces for the Army Air Force Aid society, and to Chicago's Mayor. Edward J. Kelly, who will turn the money over to the city' service men's center, . . SHAMROCKS WIN San Francisco, Dec. 7 (U.R) Goalie Bert Engleman was bom barded with 88 shots last night as the San Francisco Shamrocks defeated the Vancouver Van guards 8-5 In a Pacific coast league hockey game. About 80 per cent of the ma terial used for construction in the United States is lumber. Now You Can Have More of this Famous Whiskey (DcidipDdj GREAT NEWS for the friends and friends-to-be of the whiskey with the Grand Old Canadian Name! We're $hipping more and more tf,jtafeJYouH toonsee Corby's on the shaft more often It's pre-war quality available to those who prefer a fine light bodied sociable blend. Ask for it next time. A Grand Old Canadian Name" PRODUCED IN THI U. S. A. voder the drecf supervision of r expert Conodlon blender oof 68.4X Grain Neutral ! tOAY 4 CO, UMIUD, NOMA, I 9sn CORBY'S Coat Ripped at Moyie Brawl t Arm Talanhato) Wearing a cellophane noseguard to cover recent plastic surgery on tils famed proboscis, Actor Jon Hall (left) sits In Los Angeles court as Dep. Dlst. Atty. Edwin Myers Inspects Hall's coat, which acquired many rip and slashes during celebrated brawl following Tommy Doraey'a Holly wood party. 1 IS Central Point, .Dec. 7 Cen tral Point Sportsmen' club will hold a turkey shoot at their grounds on the west end of Main street Dec. 10. Members of Med ford Gun club are urged to at tend. Hot coffee and lunch will be served. Bert Peck, president, requests anyone who Is able to do so to bring some shells. NOTRE DAME SHATTERS HOOP SCORING RECORD South Bend. Ind.. Dec. 7 (U.R) Hotre Dame smashed its 38-year- old basketball scoring record in the season opener last night, whipping Kellogg field of Battle Creek, Mich., 89-28. NO LEUKEMIA CURE Chicago, Dec. 7 (U.R) The Journal of the American "Medi cal Association today denied what it terms persistent news paper reports that a cure has been found for leukemia, a fatal disease resulting from a dis turbed proportion of red and white corpuscles in the blood. AD MAN DIES San Francisco, Dec. 7 (U.R) Eugene Evans, well known in the newspaper advertising field and head of the feature advertis ing department of the San Fran cisco Chronicle, died last night of a heart attack at his home here. Closing time for Classified Ads S a. m. Too Lata to Classify 12:30 p. m. FREE MOVIES FOR Medford theatres have Invited holders of "E" bonds pdrchased December 6 or 7 at any county issuing agency to attend a free movie , at either the Craterlan, Rlalto or Roxy theatres today. The "E" bond Is the only ticket which must must be presented at the theatre door. The invitation is the city theatres1 way of expressing their gratitude to those In Medford who buy extra bonds during the present Sixth War Loan drive, the management explained. TRUTHFUL SOUSE New York, Dec. 7, (Un charged with drunkness, Russian-born Seaman Gustave Jens, 49, was asked in night court if he'd ever been drunk before. "I've been drunk in every coun try In the world," he replied. The magistrate asked Jens what he'd do if sentence were sus pended. "Probably head for the nearest saloon," Jens said. "You're the most truthful fellow I ever met," said the magistrate. "Sentence suspended." Shipment of pear gift boxes and baskets for Christina is now well underway in the local packing plant, with daily ex press car shipments to the east and middle west The express company ha assigned an extra force here to handle the traffic expected to reach its peak the week before Christmas. Packers figure the total ship ments will run between 200 and 290 cars. The larger figure is the estimate of Major Mortis, manager of the Medford Ice and Storage company. Ward Spatz of the Crystal Springs Orchards, and other packers place the to tal in excess of 200 cars. Assistant County Agent C. B. Cordy says the entire Cornice crop of the valley will be used for the Yule package. Included in recent shipment, according to reports, were car load shipments for Illinois and Massachusetts .points. Due to the. war the shipments are largely confined to this coun try, Canada and Mexico. JUVENILES SENT TO STATE SCHOOL with having stolen bicycles and tools over a nerlori nf tlmi and two girls from Ashland, charged with illicit-cohabitation with Doy were sentenced By Juve nile court to terms in state schools. The girls will be con fined at Hillcrest -School in Salem while the boys were sen tenced to the State School st Woodburn. AH sentence were to run untl they reach 21 years ui ago or unui uieir terms are duly terminated by law. Thev will be taken nnrrh hv juvenue omcers tomorrow. Hearings for two boy con nected with the Ashland case have been pbstponed until Dec.- io, pending return oi the par ents of one of the boys. MRS. SIMMS IMPROVED' Chicago, Dec. 7 (U.R) Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCorkick Slmms, Republican national committee woman from Mew Mexico and former congresswoman at large from Illinois, was slightly im proved today at Billings Memor ial hospital following an opera tion Monday. ft Jh , pjsol Jim - mi i I ii isi isssaliiiiMf IUY BONIS! 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Jackets, blasers and trousers, that ars sure to please the OUT-OF-DOOR man. Leather Coats & Jackets Several styles and colors to chooi from. All Wool Mackinaw Coats In beautiful plaids. They are warm and good looking. All Wool Blazers In plaids, plain colors and leather combinations. WAR BONDS! KEEP BUYING 'EM! Water Repellent Jackets These look good with slacks or odd trousers. They're good windbreakers too. All Wool Sweater Coats Every man needs one of these. We have a good selection to choose from. All Wool Stag Shirts In-or-oular, styles. Red and black plaids. Use them as a shirt or Jacket. Gabardine Shirts Western styles. The colors are, maroon, blue and brown. Western Rider Pants The cowboys like these because they fit the way they like to have them fit. You'll like to do your Chirstmat shopping here there' lots of GIFTS FOR MEN to choose from. Shop NOW for the best selections. The TOGGERY 34 No. Central Avenue, Medford B. C MacKenna Arthur D. Hett
