Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 03, 1950, Image 10

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Inexpensive Fashion
Thrill -Seeking Bobby -Soxers Haunt
Jail Corridors In Hunt For Romance
WHEN YOU CHOOSE ONE OF....
Check
THESE
BARNES
Atlanta Feb. 3 U.R) The next?" wondered huge Hugh
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attractive teen-ager surveyed Cromer, ch ef jailer. . .
herself in a large mirror, ane ne sum mey mn p m-....
might have been making last visiting hours, often with school
m nute preparations for a high books under their arms. Some
Khool dance date with her best are only 15 to 16.
bov friend ' Thcv be and Plead fo? per'
o) ia ft y
But that was not ner n
The mirror hung in the chief from newspapers so they'll have
. i"? mi . ,im. stone- a honafide excuse to Bet inside
jauers . , - ...
faced Fulton County tower here, the jail.
f,yhhaougChTe.he waseUher at ininritos are there to see
I-hnnl or on the way home. actual loved ones. But most of
fflhite "e bobbv sox briade comes
She was one oi huiiiwum" juo. ........
thrill-seekine bobby soxers who Man Picked Out
inrill-seeKiiiB t.-ti I i.i.. MM thom stnnrl In front
TXK MEDfOFD (OHESON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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JST"" " 7 Ke thy gosit.ng," Cromer
"What will gins win " .
WHIG IIISIUC lC ..-. -. -
girls pick out their man by the
simple process of looking them
all over. .
What happens then? At iirsi,
(knu luet tiillr deClinf AChOOl-
girlishly. But more often than
not. Cromer said, the first visit
In the Day's News
B mAnn. jsnwna . . ni rrnmnr KB rt. the first
Thnt words are written 3USt iiiji,..h rpiuilt. In
after having come over the fl f letters p0Urlng out undy
ii .... t uiqi n hreeze. . . . - i v. . i i
Tiu rin tnoir about four and
a half hours, which is about a
half hour longer than summer
weather time. The snow is about
10 feet deep beside the road,
considerably higher than a car,
but on the roadway it is hard
and packed dry and crunchy
with the zero cold, with plenty
of friction. Not much danger of
skidding, and if you did skid
you'd merely go Into a soft fluff
of snow at the side.
STARTED late and spent the
night at Eugene. About seven
inches of snow here last night.
The highway has been plowed,
and the city streets have been
plowed. It's a wintry-looking
M While shaving this morning,
I listened to a news broadcast
via a radio in the adjoining
room. Two below, the announcer
Says the lowest temperature
since 1924, when It went to four
below. .
1924! How well I remember
that date! I was running a news
paper in Eugene then a morn
Tt. harmened in
December. There had been two
or three weeks oi Diue aim
weather. Warm and sunny. The
flowers blooming. Several peo
ple had mowed their lawns. One
afternoon I went off the deep end
wrote one of these lyrical edi
torials about the weather. I
turned It in to the printer about
5 in the afternoon, dusted off
my hands and went home.
Along abouf midnight a cold
front struck down from the
north and when we arose the
next morning there was a snow
blanket of some six Inches and
the mercury was plummeting to
ward zero.
It took me years to live down
the kidding.
FROM Eugene north, the snow
gets deeper. There isn't much
uuw u. iciivia I " " - .
ln love for the man behind bars
Tliii.. va4npn iirVtnn ttiAV PAtl
bearing gifts of candy, food and
cigareis.
Cromer said an attractive of
fice secretary recently offered
Jail Chaplain Bill Allison "a
nice sum of money" if he would
fix It so she could see a con-
iiMpH murHprpr
"Uo'D en Tnmanltf Innltlnt?"
she told him. "I just want to meet
Cromer said he tried to offer
fatherly advice to the feminine
visitors, particularly those of the
odvious inrui sei.
But thev still come, and plead.
and visit and find romance
separated by prison bars
Man Arrested For
Stealing Own Car
Columbus, O., Feb. 3 (U.R)
Dillna rmo ,,n u,lth n tlPUT tUitl
in auto theft today after they
arresiea james m. juner, oj, ui
Westminster, Md., for stealing
his own car.
The 1948 model car was listed
her 7 A urpplr latpr hp tolri nolice
t- i i r I i. Ui 1 ln
ne I1UU 1UUI1U lb iiiiuot:ii i
Rolf Imnrp
But, he confessed to police
here, he didn't tell his insurance
company, instead, ne coiieciea an
insurance cnecK ior iwi.oa
then came here to sen the car
Whan armatnri ho hnii mflrlp AT
rnneements to dispose of it for
Pol ce snirl he will be ne a on
an open charge until a warrant
arrives irom Baltimore
Mental Patient Admits
Setting Hospital Afire
...mi. -n ti,. hlohwnv hut the Davennort. Ia.. Feb. 3 U.R)
going is still good, the snow dry a mental ward patient reaauy
and 'sandlike. admitted setting a fire which
rri ..nLpa on Tt takes snuffprf out thp lives of 41 wom-
more than weather to stop those en, Mercy hospital employes
boys. On the open highway ine testified at a coroner's Inquest.
going ts easy enougn, dui m ic cnipiiyt- iuiu n .uinc a
towns its tougn. ine uhuiu jury yeaieruuy iumi mi a, cunua
lights are a pest. When you have Epperly, 22, of Rock Island, 111.,
j i .nnht n Ian tnnu or tnlH thpm chp pt flip firp in hpr
so behind you, you hate to come room Jan. 7. An official board
10 a IUll SIOU. IUU J1UVC W wiiv-n ui ini.iwiv aaiu tio -uiitiiigs ovtu
' ... ml . 1. ...in! WU1U l ...U . 4 i 4 n ,i I
re peSKy inoi Wy. llicjr umis nunc .i wiuicanco iudiuicu i
on till the poor driver finally the Inquest yesterday, a sanity
has to stop to keep irom crasn- commission ai rock isnira pa
ins Into- the cross traffic. Then judged Mrs. Epperly insane and
he has to make a full start. she was committed to an East
His wheels spin. If he lsn i Moline, ill., state hospital,
cusslna" it's because of the innate
courtesy that is drilled into
theSO pllOtS OI the hlgnway JUR- h. InnlrH mP nvov with n flshv
Bprnnuta. Eventually his tires, I i t
with tons of weight above them, gl ycar ., he siM ..nnd , ncver
cut down to the pavement and saw before."
pile. irucK ana irauer UCK... But he took mc h, and gavc
to move forward. At the next , ui.
iW'-jJii? .P. Such is life in Oregon in one
.... - .j. - --oi l ie Diggcsi siorms in years
nlplv to kppn rnllintf till tile
am li rns ffreen. dul nine iiint;a w A-i'i. h Thn ton npnnunp in
out of ten fate is against him L tonight's Journnl says: "More
mm n BijB itu mi i.viii snow coming, Biiing tast wina
a full stop. . . Due."
There are frustrating minus
in thin life, and this must DC
one of them.
PORTLAND is a mess. The
snow is inches deep on the
streets in spite of plowing.
Churned by thousands of wheels.
it la olinnt lha mntlitpnpv of
damp sugar. But somehow your
tires one inrougn ana you seep
roiung.
Thanks to a telephone rcscr-
irollnn Bmnnimivlntlnni nrp Wait
ing at the hotel. Everything is
lovely till you come down to
take the car to the garage. You
line up and wait until finally an
attendant comes along and tells
you: "Might as well go some
where else. We're full up." You
go somewhere else. He's full up
too.
The garage people explain it
this way: "Everybody living out
in the suburbs got caught in the
storm, stored his car and put up
at a hotel."
I PROWLED the streets for
three-quarters of an hour, and
finally came back to the big
garage near the hotel where I'd
tried first. "Look here." I said,
"I'm from clear down in South
ern Oreaon- and I've been stor
ing my car here for years, I'm 1
due at a meeting and 1 ve simpiy
NERVOUS
STOMACH
ALL1M1N rllT diitrcHinc yntptomi
bmIi, belching, bloating and ootie du to
ni, ALU II 1 N hu bsn Bcfentl neatly Uitud
by doctors and found highly effactf World
famous mora than a tt billion aold to data.
Tl.i. Iinl Id art ctmnlo nnd SO-O-O
...... haifimlnffl TVorhptpd in
a very easy pattern stitch with
braid trimming!
Just ONE spool straw yarn for
hat! Pattern 7087; crochet direc
tions for hat and bag set.
n,. imnrnvpri ntiltprn visual
with easy-to-sec charts and pho
tos, and complete directions
makes noeaieworn easy.
c.j twfntv CENTS in
I coins for this pattern to Medford
Mall Tnoiine, fiousenoiu mi
Dept., P. O. Box 5640, Chicago
80, 111. Print plainly NAME,
ADDRESS, with PATTERN
NUMBER.
Just off the press our new
Aii unila TMppHlpunrlc cata
log! Send fifteen cents in coins
for your copy, illustrations oi uu
signs for crocheting, knitting,
embroidery, toys, quins, cnnu
pn' plnthps Free needlework
pattern is printed in book.
EARS WERE BURNING
Knoxville iu.n) jacK orog-
dcn. 23, was taken to General
hospital here with Durnea mem
branes in his ears. The records
,i;,i..u tnll hnu, r urhv thp acci-
Ulllll V VJ1 ......
dent occurred. They did show
that Brogden naa "Bcciaemany
poured turpentine in his ears.'
ipiinu mnior water
development projects under way
i u ,.nci. rnniml vnllpv nroi-
ecl. Columbia river, Colorado
river embracing seven siaies,
Missouri basin and Rio Grande.
n- - - i Tin..., . . .!...' T ..I . -.1
Ol-I'l'li ITUOk WUUIUII I A
for those old ear muffs I left
oacK bast years agoi
MEAT
Center
231 E. Sixth Street
LAMB
LIVER .....lb. 25c
SUCID
BACON .... lb. 39c
PORK
SAUSAGE . . lb. 39c
HAMBURGER lb. 39c
BEIF POT
ROAST .... lb. 39c
PORK
ROAST .... lb. 39c
I
SUNDAY-GARDEN TALKS"
by RAY W. GILL
(ZSrd rar oa th air)
KYJC 9:45 - 10:00 a.m.
KGW 9:15- 9:30 a.m.
ublict, Ftk. J " Curtunj erf Srnrt Im"
HOMI BEAUTIFUL SWIIT PIAS
Twlv rtiultr tlrtd piehvts of Sptfftetr bipa
Swttt p9Mm, nimtd varltlt, ill differ Irt
nt, worth $1.20, atnt poitpald lor . " w
Bit picketk poitpaid for . . 40
Thait will bi choitn lo ilv t ood vtrtaty of
color. Uo not order thta collection baaad on
your own icltctlon. Order rW7 bj mail.
GILL BROS. SEED CO.
Montovilla Station Portland 16. OrfO
Sa4 tor big 9 4-pg efaof W
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PARTY FOODS
AND SPECIAL TREATS FOR SPECIAL DINNERS
GENUINE OLD CDCMfU DDCA n
)ur rnbiiwii unhnw
STYLE SOUR
Made in San Francisco
Large Selection of WINES and MIXERS
BEER Any Kind By the case or bottle
PHONE 2-4625 for Free Delivery of Beert and Mixers
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 9 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT
Bell's Beverage Shop
124 South Central
Murray Belt, Owner
THE
SAVINGS
YOU
MAKE
IS JUST
LIKE
BUYS
CASH IN YOUR HAND
GET LOW COST TRANSPORTATION
AND BANK THE DIFFERENCE!
CAVP
) MONEY
1948 CHEV. CLUB COUPE
Heater, plastic tail- IT" XL I
or-made seat covers,
spotlight. Top con
dition. You won't go
wrong on this one.
1948 FORD TON PICKUP
Heater, 4-speedO
transmission . . Lo-'t'
cally owned. Hard
to tell from a new
car.
Savings in Cars - Trucks - Pick-ups
1947 Chev. Aero Sedan $1195
Radio, heater, spotlight, foglights. All
dolled up. In very good condition.
1947 Chev. 4-Dr. Sedan S1195
Radio, (tutor. Look this on over.
1946 Olds 4-Dr. Sedan $995
Radio, heater, hydromatic drive,
1946 Pontiac "8" 2-Dr. S1095
SEDAN Radio, h.atcr. Jur liko n.w imide and our
1942 Chev. Club Coupe $695
Heater, tailor-made seat covers. Looks and
runs just like new.
1941 Pontiac 4-Dr. Sedan $595
Radio, h.antr, plastic i.at cov.n.
1941 Chev. Club Coupe $595
Radio, tallor-madt seat covers. Very good condition.
1941 Olds "78" 4-Dr. Sdn. $595
Radio, heater, hydromatic drive.
1940 Buick 4-Dr. Sedan- $445
Heater, almost new motor. Try this one.
1940 Plymouth 2-Dr. Sdn. $345
Heater, tailor-made seat covers. You won't
beat this.
1940 Mercury 4-Dr. Sdn. $395
Heater. Completely reconditioned.
1939 Plymouth 4-Dr. Sdn. $325
Heater. New paint. Runs good.
4
1939 Buick 2-Dr. Sedan $365
Heater, fine condition throughout.
1939 Chevrolet Club Coupe $295
Heater. Mechanically tops.
Trucks and Pickups
1949 Chev. VzT. Pickup $1375
Heater, 4-speed transmission. Just like new.
1948 Chev. Sdn. Delivery $1145
Heater. Runs like a) new car.
1941 Chevrolet Vh Ton -$445
Hearer, vacuum booster brakes. The con
dition of this will surprise you.
1940 NASH
4-DR. SEDAN
Weathereye, runs very good.
Worth much more
$239
1939 WILLYS
COUPE
Economical Transportation
$125
1938 HUDSON
COUPE
Heater. Runs Very Good
H45
1937 Chevrolet
2-DR. SEDAN
This Is a Very Good Buy
$150
1937 Packard
Convertible
Motor very good Tires like
new. Needs new top.
$49
1935 FORD
CONVERTIBLE
COUPE
This Is a Real Deal
$59
1936 WILLYS
PANEL
This One Will Surprise You
$78
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