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1 LOCAL and Gravells Horn Richard Gravelle, Slc in the navy has arrived home in Jacksonville to pend the Christmas holidays with his mother and friends. He will report at Seattle alter Christmas to await discharge. 'Teacher To Meet A com bined meeting of the Jackson County Primary Teachers' coun cil and the Intermediate council will be held Saturday, Dec. 15, t the courthouse auditorium. Reports of the Oregon State Teachers' association will be made and all members of both councils are urged to be present. Building Permit H. S. Luckterhand, Medford, applied for permit yesterday at the city fuperimenaem s unite uj cics-t residence and garage at 814 JfWest 14th street and a residence '-and garage at 818 West 14th gareei at a ws oi ,wu cam. Paul Andrews, 520 North Bart lett street, made application tor permit to erect a residence and garage costing 54,500. Also made yesterday were applica tion for 15 permits to reshingle city residences. Erlckton Home Sgt. Ray C. Erickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Erickson of this city, has been discharged from the army and has returned home after more than three years in the Pacific. He was attached to the General Army headquarters. Pacific Area Command, and wears battle stars for the south ern Philippine, Luzon, China Offensive, China Defensive, Western Pacific, New Guinea, and Okinawa campaigns. He also received the Presidential Unit citation, Philippine Libera tion ribbon with star, Asiatic Pacific, and good conduct medal. NOTICE A ipecial meeting for mem ber of Lumber & Sawmiit Worker' Union, A. F. of L., wilt be held Friday Evening, 7:30 p. m Dec. 14 Eagles Hall, Medford All member in the Medford area are urged to be present. Regular meeting of ' Local 2715, scheduled for Friday evening, Dec. 21, will not be held. Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With Little Worry Bt, talk, laugh or sneeze without fear of Insecure fitle teeth dropping, lipping or wsbbiirur FASTEETH holds plates firmer and more com fortably. This pleasant powder has no gummy, pooey. pasty taste or feel ing. Doesn't cause nausea, it's alka line Inon-acid. Checks "plate odor" (denture breath). Get FASTEETH at any drug store. For REAL PROMPT Relief from HING. STiF SORE MUSCLES DUE TO COLDS RUB ON SPECIAL OFFER ON 8 Vitamins ... 9 Minerals OrJ,on.VIRLSdar tiw.jTnith.kncm minimum daiiy requirement of iH eight mtn. Also contain, nine mineral, indudinf Iron, cairm. etc. nd Urer timet Now fit Wainsccft's Pharmacy Main and Riverside ROGUE RIVER LODGE OPEN Saturday, Sunday and Monday Nights Other Nights Reserved for Private Parties FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE TRAIL 1404 or MEDFORD 7549 PERSONAL CALENDAR Thuriday 7:30 p. m. Missionary meet ing Church of Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ at church. 8:00 p. m. Red Cross Nurs es Aide corps, Mrs. C. G. Van Valzah, 15 Geneva St. Major Donald Moore, speaker. 8:00 p. m. BPWC, Girls' Community club, business meet tag. 8:00 p. m. Loyalty circle, Christmas party and gift ex change at home of Mrs. F. K. Waters, 1003 West Tenth street. 8:00 p. m. Reames chapter, election and initiation at Masonic temple. 1:00 p. m. Friday Luncheon club, home of Mrs. J. P. Bray, Lozier Lane, covered dish lunch eon. No service necessary. To Meet A wedding and shower party will be held in con nection with the meeting of Med-; ford Townsend clubs Friday at the KP hall it was announced today. To Dance Redmen will give a dance at the hall Saturday at 9:30 p. m. The dance is for Red men, Pocahontas and their guests, and new candidates of the Redmen lodge will t special guests. Association To Meet The Holiness association will meet in the Church of the Nazarene. North Holly street, Friday. The Rev. Williams will speak at the H a. m. service and the Rev. L. Hall at the 2 p. m. service. Examiner Coming A travel ing examiner of operators and chauffeurs will be at the KP hail Friday and Saturday from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Those wishing permits to drive cars are asked to get in touch with the exami ner during these hours. . Purse Stoles A ladies purse containing a considerable i amount of money and business papers belonging to Betty Archi bald, 1100 East Main'street, was reported stolen yesterday from the owner's auto, parked on East Fourth street, city police were t told yesterday. I ... Aged Man Home Frank Amy, 85, vas brought from Portland by ambulance the first of the week after spending seven weeks in a Portland hospital and is now at his home on Barneburg : Road, friends stated today. Amy, ; while still very ill, suffered no bad effects from the trip, it was said. Beer Promoted Ernest W. Beer, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Beer, 327 Edwards street, has been promoted to sergeant, ae cording to information received by his parents. Set. Beer has been in Aomori, Japan, for the past three month., his parents stated. He formerly was a truck driver at Beck s Bakery. Airman Home Former Ser geant Champ Pitts has returned to Medford following an honor able discharge from the service at Portland army air base after three years ,9 months in the air corps. Pitts, who spent his en tire army career stationed in the United States, is at the home of his mother, Mrs. H. R. Pitts, 915 Queen Anne avenue. Officer To Visit R. H. An derson, grand patriarch of the grand encampment of the I.O.O.F. of Oregon, will visit the Medford lodge Friday. All mem bers and visiting members of southern Oregon are asked to be in attendance. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p. m. at the I.O.O.F. hall. Light refreshments will be served. Postpone Meeting Monthly meeting and Christmas party of the Parents' Club of St. Mary's Academy, which was planned for Saturday evening, Dec. 15, has been postponed due to illness of faculty members and principals in the program which was to be a feature of the program. Be cause of the Christmas holiday at the school, next meeting of the club will be in January. Discharged From Navy Wil liam G. Ryan returned home this week after 19 months in the navy, 17 months of which were spent aboard the BD-658 Cola han with Halsey's fleet in the Pacific theater. A seaman, first class, Ryan received an honor able discharge Dec. 3 at Brem-i erton after taking part in naval campaigns in the Philippines and Okinawa, Iwo Jima and Guam, also spending some time in Tokyo Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan and son are residing at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. El mer Ryan, 528 South Central avenue. NEW DRUG FREES EPILEPSY VICTIMS Chicago, Dec. 13 U,f The Journal of the American Medi cal Association reported today that a new drug, iridione, was destined to remove the blighting effect of epilepsy. The Journel published an article by Dr. William G. Len nox, Harvard Medical School, describing the drug as "the most dramatic in its effect of any form of therapy attempted" in the treatment of epilepsy. Dr. Lennox said that out of 40 patients he had treated with tridione, 11, or 28 per cent, were freed from epileptic sei zures; 21, or 52 per cent, ex perienced a 75 per cent or greater reduction in the number of seizures; and one patient was helped moderately. He warned, however, that the effect of the new drug treat ment still was being investigat ed. It is not yet on the market. FIRST RADAR PERMIT GOES TO PUGET FERRY Washington, Dec. 13 U.R The Federal Communications commission today granted its first approval for the civilian use of radar. Radar equipment will be used experimentally on a ferry operating in Puget Sound, Wash. The aeenev authorized thr Raytheon Manufacturing Co., New York, to install experimen tal radar equipment on the SS Kaiaknln, a passenger and auto mobile ferry operating between Bremerton and Seattle, Wash The authorization was for 90 days. MRS. MANSFELDT AWAKE MEDICAL MAN'S OPINION San Francisco, Dec. 13 U.R) A medical opinion that Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt was "fully conscious" when she shot and killed Nurse Vada Martin for the alleged "love theft" of her husband was recorded today as the socialite's murder trial en tered its 13th day. Testifying for the prosecution, Dr. Mervyn H. Hirschfeld, spec ialist in nervous riisorrif.FS cnM he found no reason to believe Mrs. Mansfeldt was unconscious or In a state of "hysterical am nesia," when she shot Mrs. Mar tin last Oct. 4. VANDERBILT WEDS Philadelphia, Dec. 12 U.R) Alfred Gwynne Vanderbllt, 33-year-old millionaire sportsman, and his bride, Jeanne Lourdes Murray, 22, were honeymoon ing today. They were married yesterday by Magistrate Nathan A. Beifel in the Philarislnhln city hall. CHOCH KLEIN INVITED Moscow, Ida., Dec. 13 U.R) Morris "Chuck" Klein, tackle on the University of Idaho foot ball team, today was Invited by Coach Babe Hollinberry to par ticipate in the East-West foot ball game in San Francisco and was expected to accept. SCRIBES ADMITTED Tokyo, Dec. 13-U.R) Japan ese newspapermen were admit ted to a house of peers budget committee session today for the first time In its 55 year history. Upper Yosemite Falls has a 1430 foot drop the tallest wat erfalls in the United States. LET'S Yin Learn to Dance the Ey Wy! mm EEk3 Tfiis lfttle Dog 5' i M SS . 1.3. rjo v H (." pur..' u .4 WWW w -JA fAcm Telephoft Htt-snd-nm victim. "Dopey," springer spanlet TOlued at $1000, testifira with sharp wag of the tali and soulful look st Municipal Judge Htury Neuberth Cleft in San Francisco court Borethra Cribbrn (richM tells how Carl Wilkie failed to s(op for the doe last Sfpt, JS whra Doro thea, was validng her pet. Dopey is partially paralyzed as a result. Wilkle was convicted of the hit-run charge. . SOUTH SEA ISLE ARTICLES TO BE IN HUGE MUSEUM Lincoln, Neb. UR The University of Nebraska State Museum, famous for its collec tion of prehistoric fossils, has opened a different sort of dis-i play 1 50 rare items from the South Sea islands. The shark-tooth spears, wood en hair combs, grass skirts and other curios were collected more than 40 years ago. Dr. C, B. Schultz, director, said. At the time L. W. Osborn, father of the donor, gathered the items, the islands were not yet in fluenced by white tourists and traders. Returning South Pacific vet erans may be familiar with the islands from which the collec tion came Tarawa, Ettis, Samoa, the Gilberts, the Mar shails and the Philippines but they probably will not have seen the curios, Schultz said. The Polynesian display in cludes grass mats of such intri cate design that two years were spent in making them. Bark cloth pounded and rolled to paper thinness and dyed with native materials is another prize. Other unusual items are neck laces made of shells so tiny 80 can be put in a teaspoon; bril liantly colored grass skirts and fans; war clubs, and a heavy breast-plate, the native's idea of protection from spears and ar rows. MUKDEN ENTI BY NATIONALISTS Chungking, Dec. 13 U.B The nevspaper Sin Mm Poo said today Chinese nationalist ground troops have entered Mukden, foremost industrial city of Man churia, and that the first plane load of- airborne occutsatmn troops landed at Changchun, the Manchurian capital. A United Press dispatch from P e t p t n g said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek arrived there by plane to supervise the reor ganization of Manchuria. Chiang will seek to occupy Manchuria with seven armies. TRUMAN TO TAKE SIDE IN UNIFICATION FIGHT Washington, Dec. 13 tti.PJ President Truman i about to step squarely into the battle over unification of the armed serv ices. According to present plans, he will send a pro-unification message to congress some time next week. The public will then learn ex- Wood and Coal Combination HEATERS Younger's Appliance 31 N. Harriett DANCE! Fit show you how in just a few hours! Yes, end sfter s few more hours you can be really ex pert do the latest Humfee, Sembs, Waits or Fox Trot as if you'd always kept up with the new tteps. Classes and Private Instructions . Phone Mr. Johnson 5QSX Merrick's Ballroom GO between 10 , m. and 10 p. m. WehTto"Cb'urf jpfS i 1-5 1 X V - 1 - t 1 Fa actly what the president meant when he said recently that army and navy leaders would find themselves In the same boitt by the time his message was de livered. SWISS PICK PRESIDENT Bern, Dec. 13 0S.R! Dr. Karl Kobclt was elected federal pres ident of Switzerland for 1948 to day. He has been war minister. FOR ONE A V IT I WARNING! SO THAT ALL MAY ENJOY ITS TERRIFIC SUR PRISE CLIMAX ... NO ONE WILL BE SEATED DURING THE LAST FiVE MINUTES OF THIS PICTURE. Please is not disclose thm ending your friends. i tonic. j with I i t srsm L ti HAISH mum WOODS ISSHtA ilil . D ftfttUX tifNsi mmi - mnmi mm . iohy astuso EVES 6:45 P. M, MATINEES 1:45 P, M. Sat & San. fa Mill 4L:isy" EMPLOYMENT BILL COMPROMISE HIT Washington, Dee. 13. U.fi The house's compromise full em ployment bill was denounced by both democrats and republicans today a debate opened on the measure. Rep. William Whittlngton, D., Miss., however, defended it. He said it would help prevent un employment, depressions and in flaSion. But Rep. John S. Gib son, D., Ga., called the measure a "political compromise" which resulted "in wht the people in the south sometimes call a mis conception," WhittinRton supported the bill drafted by the house execu tive expenditures committee by saying that a senate-approved version, endorsed by the admin istration, "followed a philosophy that would take us into state socialism." BEAST AND GUN GIRL REPORTED CONDEMNED By United Pr A Paris broadcast recorded by CBS reported without confirma tion that Josef Kramer, the "beast of Belsett," Irma Grese, : ad other concentration camp : attaches condemned after a trial at Lueneburg were executed to-; day. BYRNES IN PARIS Paris, Dee. 13 Secre tary of State Jnmes F. Byrnes passed through Paris today on his way to Moseaw for the con - WEEK amtem It was the look in her eyes that did it! How could h resist? How could he know it meant MURDER? JOAN BENNETT EDWARD G. ROBINSON Raymond Massey in A Supreme Adventure In uspense UNUSUAL in thu troubled r of atomic bomb world wars and unttJd economic candition, pfetuz 'HI Thursday, Dee. IS, JS4S MEBFOBO $SAIL.TBIBTJKS THTETSSS ferer.ee of foreign minister. U. S, Ambassador Jefferson Caffrey met Byrnes" plane when It land ed at Grly. The Hew York, Ontario and Western Kali way Co, wm theS first to use diesel engines to ail locomotives. Spenet Mystery! MAGICIAN JOHN EADS Present Over 1 hour of Magic Howard School Fri,, Deo. 14 S p. ITS, Admission Adults 50c School Children 25c Benefit PTA Health Room DANCE Sat,, Dee, 15 9;C0 to 1:00 , TALENT CITY HALL , ROD CAMERON p"Vy?iTO ! ' W St ; : J';? j ? ; and-- r " -ly : i WfLl'l,rf K S ' ;i SUNDAY '" j" 'ja J ffrf in $mmuw ' ; j "BIwtile Bansom" r 3 VIRGINIA GREY y-fr, , DONALD WOOD V " wwuni.t mni. i jwny .-- J !rtTraatnittltS1 rk 1 40 ALWAYS j NOW I 2 ... V v " P TJ . 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