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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1944)
L L Washington, Dec. 21 U.R) The war production board said today that tighter controls may have to be placed on lumber distribution to meet essential war and civilian needs. Director J. Philip Boyd of WPB's lumber and lumber pro ducts division said action is be ing considered to offset decreas ed lumber production which, from now to mid-March, is ex pected to be "substantially be low", last winter's. Officials of various lumber Industry advisory committees told the WPB that the most se vere drop in production this win ter is anticipated in the Pacific northwest. Closing time for Sunday Too late to Classify B:30 Saturday afternoon Please remember. ATTENTION FARMERS and FRUIT GROWERS We have just received a shipment of necessary mainte nance equipment Disslon Pruning Shears Pole Pruners Pruning Saws Axes -Double and Single Bit Pipe Cullers and Vises Tools of All Kinds LEEVER HARDWARE CO. 225 E. 6th E Los Angeles, Dec. 21 U.R) Mrs. Louise Peete, middle aged housekeeper convicted of bury ing a wealthy mining executive in a cellar crypt a generation ago, today was booked in Lin coln Heights jail on suspicion of murder in the death of a woman believed to have been her benefactress. The charge was made a few hours after the decomposed body of a woman, believed to have been Mrs. Margaret Lo gan, 60, was found in an 18 inch grave in a flowerbed in the backyard of 1 the Logan home. Mrs. Logan was last seen by neighbors on June 1, police re ported. While the advanced stages of decomposition made Immediate identification Impossible, police indicated they were, convinced the body was that of .Mrs. Lo gan, who had given Mrs. Peete a job and a home since she was paroled from Tehachapl insti tution for women. EX-ACTRESS DIES Hollywood, Dec. 21 (U.R) Funeral services will be con: ducted Friday for Merna Ken nedy, former actress who was launched in a film career by Charles Chaplin in "The Circus." History Of EvenU Leading Up to War Published by House Washington, Dec. 21 (U.R) The house foreign affairs com mittee has just published what it believes to be the most com plete chronological history yet compiled of the march of events leading up to World War II. Entitled "Events Leading Up To World War II." the volume contains 421 pages and Is avail able for 50 cents at the govern ment printing office in Washington. Beginning with the famous "Mukden Incident" of Septem ber 18, 1931, when an explosion on a railway north of Mukden touched off a Japanese attack on Manchuria, the volume carries through the war ud to bepienv ber 29, 1944, on which date it records the beginning of the sec ond phase of the. Dumbarton Oaks parley. THE GRANGE r!ntritl Point Granoe Central Point grange met In regular session Dec. is. L,eciure hour consisted of group singing nf PhHctmns rarnl.4 and a skit. "To All People," presented by the juveniles assisted by Mrs. Leo Potter. A Christmas gift ex change was enjoyed. Home Economics club will meet Dec. 27 with Mrs. B. K. Elliott. Gifts will be exchanged and secret pals revealed. - Closing time tot Sunday Too Late to Classify 5:30 Saturday afternoon Please remember. AL VERDICT UPHELD New York, Dec. 21 U.R The conviction of six alleged members of Al Capone's gang and one union business agent on charges of extorting more than $1,000,000 from the motion pic ture industry was unanimously upheld today by the United States circuit court of appeals. Louis Campagna, Paul De Lucia, Phil D'Andrea, Frank Maritote, Charles Gioe, and John Rosselli were sentenced to 10 years in prison and $10,000 fine each after their conviction last December 31. Louis Kaufman, former business agent of a Ne wark, N. J., local of the Motion Picture Operators union was sentenced to seven years Imprisonment. Judges Learned Hand, Thomas W. Swan and Charles Clark ruled that the men's trial, which was highlighted hy the testi mony of previously convicted William Bioff, was "impartial . , , and that no honest jury could have failed to convict them." FIVE COMBAT PILOTS DIE IN NIGHT CRASH Maiden, Mo., Dec. 21 U.R) Five combat training pilots, all second lieutenants, were killed late last night when a C-47 transport plane crashed and burned on a thickly wooded mountain top near Ironton, Mo. Officials at the Maiden Army air base said today. Public Relations officers iden tified the dead as James E. Gib son, 21, Seattle; Julian Kauf man, 22, Brooklyn, N, Y.j Cin vent R. Olges, 21, Louisville, Kentucky.; Harold Silverwein, 29, Cincinnati, and Edgar Lougee, 21, Durham. N. C. weather" Northern California Cloudy with occasional rain today, to night and Friday with greatest amount north portion. Cooler tonay. ' Thursday. Dee. 11. 1S4 MEDFORD MAIL THIBTTITE Ftfl 'KILL CRAZY' BOY TELLS OF MURDER Dixon, IU., Dec. 21 (U.R) A 15-year-old boy, who said he was "kill crazy", confessed to police today that he slashed his five-year-old niece to death and left a butcher knife sticking in to her mutilated body. Norman Burton told authori ties at Princeton, 111., that he killed his curly-haired niece, "but I don't know why." After the slaying at the girl's farm home three miles north of Ohio Village, 111., yesterday, the boy walked and hitch-hiked about 13 miles to Princeton, where his mother and father live. He spent the night in the City Park, although tempera tures were far below freezing. At 7 a. ra. he went to the home of his father, Charles, and tojej him of the tragedy. The lathe took him to the Princeton she, iff'i office. . Closlnt tun for ClueMed A4 a. m. Too Late to ClaaeliyliM Room For One More G:cd Mechanic 1 Best working eonditloas la Medford. Clean shop, well equipped, automatic heat, hot water, high rate of pay with paid vacation. Large parts stock. Sea LeRoy Clin or Frank Humphrey . HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 S. Riverside Dial 4tl0 MONTGOMERY WARD Gift Bargains! HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF OUR MANY VALUES! rr, : 's-ssanrwr"' ;-aW jWsroiFsas. ,i "'Jwem 6,vep,eToBes ' r HOME! 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All have the details that go to make up fine furniture . ; . gracefully turned legs, sturdy construction anij gleaming Mahogany veneers, Solid Mahogany and cabinet woods. Included arei Cocktail Tablet Commodes and lamp Tablet. See these beauties at Wardsl ' Only 20 Down I Monthly Pcnmenf Plan I Ote your credit to buy any merchandise from our stare ttoekt or from our catalogs. In YOUR Home This Yuletide We Are Happy to Announce That Our Beautiful .'4 & x h j . m',..,;i-.mmT . i ... :a,.w mi imi.ij YULETIDE CLUSTERS will be available to residents of Medford and surrounding communities this week for only These are the same beautiful door-hangers we advertise and sell nationally for $4.95 de livered. . We have had many calls from local people regarding these beau tiful door and window hangers, and we are making this special announcement for the benefit of our many Medford friends. You will want one of these beauties when you see them, for there are so many ways these Yuletide Clusters can be used. You can put "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" on your own front door with this exciting arrangement of fir boughs, huge sugar-pine cones, a little golden bell that tinkles merrily every time the door is opened, and scarlet satin bows with streamers that gleam with holiday greetings and good wishes to your Christmas guests. Or, if you prefer, you can decorate your mantel or holiday table with this touch of our own fresh, green, western forests, and add just the right finishing touch to your holiday home with the fragance of spicy, fresh fir-boughs. Or, it can be hung in the window to tell your friends and neighbors that your household is keeping Christmas. Because of this attractive price, $2.00, our supply will not last, so come in early, or call and we will gladly reserve one for you. You can pick your Clusters up at our new Fir Street Pack ing Plant . . but don't delay, we want as many of our Medford friends as possible to share the joy of giving and receiving one of our nationally famous Yuletide Clusters. AMERICAN FRUIT GROWERS, Inc. 213 S. Fir Street Telephone 5214 m 1. M ONTGOMERY WARD 117 SO. CENTRAL PHONE 3930
