LIFE INSURANCE
DIRECTOR SPEAKS
AT ROTARY MEET
Growth of life Insurance com
panies in the U. S. during the
past 100 years and their con
tributions to the economic life
of the country were discussed at
a luncheon meeting of the Med
ford Rotary club Tuesday by B.
M. Downie, agency director of
New York Life Insurance Com
pany at Portland. Speaking at
the Hotel Medford, Downie
traced development of the in
surance idea from the old burial
societies, the advent of Lloyd's
of London, English fraternal so
cieties and Benjamin Franklin's
first fire insurance company in
this country.
The first life insurance com
pany in the United States was
organized in 1835, Downie said.
The three major groups, frater
nal, stock and mutual, all oper
ate on similar procedures with
three basic charges, for detth
losses, for cash reserve which is
based upon interest rates and
general operating cost. The four
conventional types are straight
life, endowment, term and an
nuity. Business Open Book
The difference between com
panies may be determined by
the value each places on securi-
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Sinatra In "Anchors A weigh"
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Frank Sinatra and Kathryn
Grayson share dinner and a few
laughs in this scene from the
technicolor production with
Gene Kelly in "Anchors Aweigh"
which opened a four-day run
today at the Craterian theatre.
In BROOKINGS, OREGON
Stay at the
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Dorothy and Earl Templar,
Props.
ties, the speaker said. Although
3,000 life insurance companies
have gone "on the rocks" since
1835, regulations and controls
render their business an open
book and have strengthened
their position in the economic
scheme of this country. Insur
ance is today considered a "trus
teeship" for the people's savings.
Downie pointed out that two
well known public investigations
of insurance companies in 1905
and 1941 further established
their dependability in the minds
of the public.1 Improvement in
the educational program of life
insurance agents was the prin
cipal recommendation of the
1941 investigation, and com
panies generally have stressed
such a prgoram in recent years.
Huge Investment
Today 153 billion dollars are
invested in commercial com
panies, 137 billion in govern
ment insurance in wartime and
67 billion in social security.
Mr. Downie concluded his ad
dress with a brief discussion of
taxation and insurance. He was
introduced by Ray Wright, local
New York Life district manager.
W. A. Gates announced the
Rotary culb's participation in the
current Victory Loan queen con
test and urged fullest coopera
tion. '
WEATHER
Northern California: Increas
ing cloudiness today with light
rain extreme north portion to
day spreading to central portion
tonight and south portion Thurs
day. Warmer tonight. Moder
ate southerly wind except mod
erate to fresh off coast.
Talent Methodist
Bazaar Is Friday
Talent, Nov. 14 Women of
the Talent Methodist church will
hold the annual bazaar Friday,
Nov. 16, at the city hall. The
sale will begin at 2 p. m. with
handwork and foods featured,
and it is stated that a number
of articles suitable for practiral
Christmas gifts will be on sale.
Daily Weather Report
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Cloudy with
occasional light rain tomsht and
Thursday. Warmer tonight.
Oregon: Scattered showers and
snow flurries tonight and Thursday
except light rain west portion in
afternoon. Fresh to strong southerly
wind shifting) to westerly off coast.
LOCAL DATA
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest 49: lowest 24.
Total monthly precipitation 1.24
Inches.
Excess for the month .33 Inches.
Total precipitation since Septem
ber 1. 1945. 2 96 inches.
Deficiency for the season .02 Inches.
Relative humidity at 4:30 p.m. yes
terday 68; 4:30 today 83.
Tomorrow
Sunrise 7:01 a m. Sunset 4 30 pm.
Observations taken at 4:30 a.m.
120 Meridian Time:
High Low Prec.
Boise . 46 36
Boston 66 M .13
Chicago ...... 05 31
Denver 45 33
Eureka 56 45
Havre 6
Los Angeles 79 4R
Medford . 50 .19
New York 65 54 .13
Omaha 26 23 T
Phoenix 75 36
Portland 52 50 .01
Reno 57 22
Roseburg 67 44
Salt Lake 44 25
San Francisco .. 61 47
Seattle 52 43 .57
Spokane 41 39 .03
Washington. D. C. 69 54 .06
Yakima 44
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Reports showing the growth
of St. Mark's Episcopal church
and adoption of a budget, Includ
ing for the first time salary for
a religious education director
and young people's worker, fea
tured the annual parish dinner
of the church held Sunday eve
ning at the parish hall. St
Mark's church was incorporated
in 1890 and work has been car
ried on by the Episcopal church
in this area since 1874, it was
stated during the dinner.
Figures given by the rector,
the Rev. George R. Turney
show a 30 per cent increase in
church attendance in 1944
over 1934. The church had but
176 communicants and 343 mem
bers in 1934 while in 1944 com
municants numbered 347 and
membership had Increased to
649 persons.
Evaluation of church property
has increased from $25,000 to
$59,000 in the 10-year period
and receipts have increased
about three-fold, it was reported
Church school enrollment has
risen from 107 to 169. Sixty
three persons were baptized or
confirmed last year as compared
to 35 in 1934, the report show
ed.
Ing, and a program and several
entertainment features will fol
low the supper and regular
meeting.
The school children have
turned in 57 memberships to
date in the current drive. Prizes
will be awarded at the conclu
sion of the contest.
P.-T. A. Activities
HOWARD P.-T. A.
Howard P.-T. A. will meet to
morrow afternoon at 2 p. m. at
the schoolhouse. A large at
tendance is requested to help
plan for a health room.
Program will be furnished by
drd and 4th grade pupils.
Shady Cove P-T. A.
Plans for a potluck supper to
be held Friday, Dec. 14, were
made at a meeting of the Shady
Cove Parent-Teacher association
held Nov. 9 at the school. The
potluck supper will replace the
carnival, which will be held
next spring. Families attending
the supper are asked to bring
table service and each P-T. A
lady attending is asked to bring
a dish towel for the kitchen.
A welcome is extended to any
one wishing to join in the even-
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Check and
Double-check
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Have you ever noticed that whenever two
trains pass, freight or passenger, a trainman
will signal, with hand or lantern, to the train
man at the rear of the other train?
This Is not merely a friendly gesture. Each man
makes a careful visual inspection of the other's
train while it passes. Then he signals that all
is well or that he has spotted some defect.
This is Just one phase of a continuous "check
and double check" system. All Union Pacific
THtnOGUSSIVl
trains are thoroughly Inspected before leav
ing terminal points . . . all station agents check
each train as it passes. Even track crews, along
the right of way, are alert to spot any sign
of trouble.
Thus, Union Pacific trains are checked time
and time again as they transport passengers
and freight over the Strategic Middle Route,
uniting the East with the mid -West and the
Pacific coast.
UNION PACIFIC
RAILROAD
Jackson P.-T. A.
Mrs. Edith Hamilton will pre
side at the regular meeting of
the Jackson Parent-Teacher as
sociation meeting Nov. 16 at 3
p. m. Mrs. Hamilton succeeds
Mrs. William Herron as presi
dent, since the Herrons are leav
ing soon for Grants Pass.
Committee chairmen appoint
ed recently are membership,
Mrs. James Farrar; refresh
ments, Mrs. Louis Putman; hos
pitality, Mrs. William McKenic;
magazine, Mrs. C. R. Richmond;
publicity, Mrs. L. E. Van Aus
dall. Gordon Gilmore, Boy Scout
executive, will present the Cub
Scout charter during the meet
ing and plans will be made for
a Dad's Night potluck dinner to
be held this month.
Mothers of children in Mrs.
Kirtley's and Mrs. Schneider's
rooms win be hostesses for the
meeting.
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Parents and citizens of this
district were reminded today of
the showing of the film, I. ml
dren of the City" in the county
courthouse auditorium tonight
at 8 p. m., the film having been
brought here through the efforts
of Rep. O. H. Bengtson, chair
man of the state legislature's in
terim committee on child delin
quency. The film is said to be enlight
ening in the study of child de
linquency and its causes and
will be shown free. Assisting
Bengtson with the film showing
are Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county
health officer, and Robert Eldt-r,
county juvenile officer.
Shady Cove
Shady Cove, Nov. 14 The
community extends sincere sym
pathy to Mrs. Zella Tullis in the
recent death of her father.
The storage locker plant Is
near completion, also the gar
age. Another new building to
house the Valley Supply Hard
ware was started this week
which makes Shady Cove look
quite cityfied.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mills-
paugh and friends have been re
newing old acquaintances here
the past week. They now re
side at North Hollywood, Calif.
Upper Rogue Grange will
hold another dance Nov. 24 at
their hall.
Jim Welch has returned after
serving in the army. He is the
proprietor of the former Mil
lard Motor Court.
Mrs. Elsie Turner and fam
ily had the father and son home
for a visit over the week-end.
Court House News
Divorce Complaints
Clarice V. Gardner vs. Don
M. Gardner.
Divorce Decrees
Wallace Edward Cunningham
vs. Irma Zelma Cunningham.
Rita Becker vs. Fred Becker
Small and round fluorescent
lights for Christmas trees will be
available for the holiday season.
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first thing they know some
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To save your hide from the
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YEAR PRISON JOLT
FOR JAIL BREAKER
Robert Ben Merrill, on trial
before a circuit jury on an as
sault and robbery charge, and
who entered a plea of guilty to
an indictment charging Jail
break, was sentenced to a year
in the Jackson county Jail yes
terday by Circuit Judge H. K.
Hanna.
In the robbery trial which
started yesterday, two special
venires of six names each were
drawn before a jury was secur
ed. The first witness was called
yesterday afternoon. He was
Dave Hickman, the complaining
witness, who told of events be
fore the robbery. His woman
companion, and the taxi driver
they hired also testified for the
state. Merrill is alleged to have
struck Hickman on the head
with a beer bottle and photo
graphs of the injury as well as
of the beer bottle were intro
duced by the state.
Merrill is scheduled to take
the stand In own defense. The
case is expected to go to the
jury late today or early tomor
row.
TRAIN DERAILED
Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 14 U.PJ
The westbound City of Denver
passenger train was derailed
early today near Hershey, Neb.
The Union Pacific Railroad an
nounced that no one was in-
Wedneidey, Not. 14, 1943 MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE FTVI
jured seriously, although sev
eral passengers were bruised.
KENNEY IN TOKYO
TOKYO, Nov. 14 (U.PJ Gen
George C. Kenney, commander
. . . ' . . Clostne urns for Classified Ad I
of far eastern air force, arrived1 m. Too Lata to cuiy latisp
here today for series of quick
conferences with occupation
chiefs before rejoining his com
mand in Manila.
Closing time lor Classified Ada I 30
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