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"Ghost Train" Brings Chills, Laughs To Capacity Audience (By Vernon Spencer) Medford and Camp White theater-goers applaudtd the thrills, chills and laughter at the Camp White showing of Arnold Ridley's stage play, "The Ghost Train" last night before a pack ed audience of nearly a thousand people. There was not even standing room left In the thea ter. The plot centered around a group of narcotics smugglers who tried to frighten a party of stranded travelers out of a rail way station that served the crim inals as part of their smuggling ring. As the curtain parted, the train pulled into the small sta tion near Rockland, Me., the party of passengers got off and the train moved on. The passen gers were compelled to wait all night; they had missed connec tions. Station Haunted Their night, however, proved far from tedious, for the station was haunted and every night a ghost train passed, bringing death to all who observed it. When the decrepit old station master, Saul Hodgkin, described this terrifying phantom, the pas sengers ridiculed him. But all the phenomena occurred as fore cast the stationmaster was mysteriously striken dead, the signal . bell rang, . the engine whistled, the train roared through the junction as predict ed and one who rashly gazed upon it apparently succumbed. The plot moved on through three acts of mystery and com edy. Cast in the leading roles were A. Robert Hamilton, Laura Porter and Lee Rasmussen. Hamilton, playing the detective, kept the audience in laughter with his antics and incomprehen sive prattling. Mrs. Porter, as the spinster school teacher, su perbly enacted the scene in which she imbibed a flask of brandy and revealed some inter esting details of her supposedly quiet life. Mrs. Rasmussen, who played the role of the insane Julia, made a dramatic entrance in the second act, Intensifying the plot with her abnormal fear of the ghost train. 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Atomic Bomb Committee Begins Momentous TasJc HTtfh -ztl I ; , if l itrrw" (Ttr."a if! feaMiiea i an (Acm TtUphoto) Newly appointed members of the Senate Atomic Bomb Commltte either for their first meeting to organise a staff and procedure for one of the most momentous tasks In Congressional history. Shown shortly before the doors were closed to the public are (front row. left to right): Senators Edwin O. Johnson. Colorado: Millard Tydtngs. Maryland; Brian McMahon, Connecticut, and Arthur Vandenberg, Michigan: (second row, left to right. Senators Thomas Hart, Connecticut: Eugene Millilcin, Colorado; Warren R. Austin, Vermont, and Rourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa. Members of the committee not shown are Senators Barry Byrd, Richard B. Russell and Tom Connallj Keeble and Alvin Grund played the Winthrops, wealthy couple on the brink of divorce, and Margaret Brown and Lewis Eanes portrayed a newlywed couple marooned in the station on their wedding night. One of the amusing situations of the play was the moment when Eanes left the stage to find out who was prowling outside and Miss Brown, who thinks her hus band is still behind her, talks on, becoming hysterical when she finds him gone. Arthur Cross as Sterling, head of the smuggling ring but pos ing as a doctor, made an im pressive entrance in full eve ning dress. James K. Johnson's portrayal of a detective assist ing Hamilton in solving the mys tery was well done. Lt. Waldo B. Fletcher, Jr.. of Dallas, Tex,, directed the play, which was produced by special arrangement with Samuel French of New York city. Article Contains Gripe of Soldiers Friends of Pfc. Oren A. Kel lenbeck recently received an ar ticle from the soldier in the Eu ropean theater of operations, clipped from the army newspa per, "Stars and Stripes." The article attempted to find an answer to the question, "Where are the ships to bring the GI's home?" There is a sur plus of shipping instead of a shortage, the article stated. Many questions are- brought forth in the article seeking to determine why the GI's are be ing kept in the European thea ter. pociete Chocolais MAKE A SWEET IMPRESSION! The Societe Beaded Package is a chocolate assortment which always wins applause! This favorite box takes its colorful design from the beaded saddle bag which was used bjr a famous Bladcfoot Indian Chief a box design expressive of Western American art. j The extra thick, finest quality chocolate coatings the luscious centers made according to cherished recipes ... the fresh nuts and fruits and the other carefully chosen ingredients ...all these, skillfully blended, add up to a delicious total . , . Societe Chocolates! Yctur dealer may not alvoyt base theie candies in stock, but he receives occasional allotments. IMPERIAL CANDY COMPANY SEATTlt 4, WASHINGTON L J To the People of this Community It would be pleasant to report that the Victory Loan Is simply a valedictory to a great home front war program, a sort of final salute to the mil lions of vol unteers who have work ed hard and unselfishly to sell you defenso and war bonds, a platform from which to pat ourselves on the back for a magnificent bond buying job. Victory Bonds, however, are not on sale for the purpose of aetf-prahe. The government la asking you in this lost drive to buy extra bonds because billions of dollars In war bills are unpaid, billions of extra dollars must be spent to bring your uniformed men and women home, billions of extra dollars will be needed for care of the wounded, llquldaUon of war contracts, and mainte nance of large occupation forces. Besides serving as guardians of the peace in enemy lands. Vic tory Bonds hold off the threat of inflation at home. For your own good, the Victory Loan should be your best performance of all the war loans. THE EDITOR Six to Face Trial For Transporting Of Stolen Liquor Portland, Ore., Nov. 6 U.R Two men arrested in Oregon and four in California will be tried here on federal charges for transporting $12,000 worth of stolen whisky from Los Angeles to Oregon City, Ore., FBI agents announced today. The two men arrested In Port land already have been sen tenced to five months in jail for violation of the Oregon state liquor laws. The two arrested in Portland were Robert F. Harrison of San Francisco and Fred Vargas of Fresno. Those nabbed in Los Angeles were Harry Johnson, Robert Effinger and Floyd Blinz ler, with Johnson and Effinger also facing state charges of auto truck theft. Summons For Publication IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR JACKSON COUNTY. HENRY O. CHILDRETII and EMMA CHTLDRETH, husband and wife. Plaintiffs, vs. J. R. ZIMWALT, also known as J. R. ZUMWALT, and MABEL ZIMWALT, also known as MABEL ZUMWALT, husband and wife; FRANK F. SWEET and LENA SWEET, husband and wife; D. E. WATSON and EVA WATSON, husband and wife; HARRY MARKLE and ADA MARKLE. husband and wife; CHARLEY MARKLE and MAUDE MARKLE, hus band and wife; THOMAS H. MARKLE and FLORENCE E. MARKLE, husband and wife; D. W. BALLARD and MARY E. BALLARD, husband and wife: GEORGE EMMETT MARKLE, also known as EMMETT MARKLE, single; BEN VIMONT and ANNA MARKLE VIMONT, husband and wife; each and all of the unknown heirs of each and all of the above named defend ants: also, all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or in terest in the real estate de scribed in the complaint here in. Defendants. TO EACH AND ALL OF THE ABOVE DEFENDANTS: IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON, You and each of you are hereby required to appear and answer the amend ed complaint filed against you in the above entitled suit on or be fore the last day of four weeks from the date of the first publi cation of this summons, and, if you fail so to anoear and answer said amended complaint, for want thereof, the plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In their amended comolaint, succinctly stated as follows, to-wit: That each and all of the de fendants herein be required to fully set forth any and all right, title, estate, lien, claim or in terest whatsoever that they, or any of them, may have, or claim, In, to, or upon the real proporty described in the amended com Dlaint herein, or any part or par cel thereof, which said real property is situated In Jackson County, Oregon, and more par ticularly described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the Section corner common to Sections 11, 12, 13 and 14 in Township 37 South, Range 2 West, Wil lamette Meridian in Jackson County, Oregon, and running thence North 394.6 feet, thence East 418.9 feet; thence North 519.93 feet to center of County Tuesday. Not. , 1945 MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE FIVE Road; thence East 20 feet; thence South 914.S3 feet along the west line of Donation Land Claim No. 59, same township and Range; thence West 438.9 feet to the place of beginning, containing 4 acres, more or less. That each and all of the claims that may be made on the part of any or all of said defendants herein, in or to said real property herein described, or any part thereof, be adjudged and de clared to be null and void; that the plaintiffs herein be decreed to be the owners, in fee simple, of said real property, free and clear of any right or claim what soever on the part of said de fendants, or any of them. That each and all of the de fendants herein, and each and all persona claiming, or to claim, by, through or under them, or any of them, be forever en- Jolned, restrained and barred rom asserting, attempting to establish, or claiming, any right, title, estate, lien, or interest whatsoever in, to, or upon said real property, or any part or parcel thereof, and that plain tiffs' title to said premises be forever quieted and set at rest. This summons is published by order of the Honorable H. K. Hanna, Judge of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Ore gon, made and entered on the 8th day of November, 1945. The time prescribed in said order for publication of this summons is once each week for four consecutive weeks. The date of the first publication of this summons is the 6th day of November, 1945. O. H. BENGTSON, Attorney for Plaintiffs, 126 East Main Street, Medford, Oregon. I ! Free Enterprise Seen Periled By . Public Projects Washington, Nov. 6 (U.R) President K. M. Robinson of the Washington Water Power Co. said today that unless public power projects are deprived of some of their "special competi tive advantages" over private utilities "free enterprise in this country will disappear." Robinson testified before a house Interstate Commerce sub committee, which is considering revisions in the tax provisions of the holding company act. He urged that public power projects be compelled to pay taxes the same as private industry. "Unless you do away with these special privileges of pub lic projects, private utilities com panies will be washed away," he said. "And if that can happen to the utilities Industry, it can happen to all others railroads, manufacturing and so forth." The glory of victory Is great, but the price of glory is greater. Help those who have already j paid more than their share by continuing to buy Victory Bonds. Daily Weather Report FORECAST Medford and vicinity: Moitly cloudy tontRht and Wednesday with occa sional ihoweri and mow flurrlei. Con Unued cold. Oregxm: Cloudy with occatlonal rain and snow west of Cascades and snow east of them tnnlirht and Wednesday Continued cold. Moderate southwest wind off coast. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year afo today: Htfhest 93; lowest 41. Total monthly precipitation .12 inch. Deficiency for the month .21 Inch. Totnl precipitation since September 1, 11)45. 184 Inches. Deficiency for the season .95 Inch. Relative humidity at 4 30 p. in. yes terday 78Tc; 4 30 today 95 .. Tomorrow Sunrise SSI am; Sunset 4 SS p.m. Observations Taken At 4:30 A. M., 120 Meridian Time 1 Hif h Low Prec. Boise 40 .12 J3 Boston MH 4. Chicago . , 71 Denver ,. 77 Eureka Havre Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha Phnem je Portland , Reno Rrnehurf Salt l-ake San Francisco B Seattle 4fl Spokane 45 Washington, p. C. 94 Yakima 60 40 70 . 91 .i 49 . SO . H2 . 4S . 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