"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.
Roles Well Cast
Supporting roles were well
cast. Hodgkin, the stationmaster,
played by Vernon Spencer,
brought the mystery to a climax
with his tale of the reasons lor
the return of the train. Charity
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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