SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, July 31, 1952
Pregnant Mother,
Two Others Held .
As Bank Robbers
Madison, Wis. OJ.R) The
pregnant mother of four chil
dren and her fishmonger hus
band and brother-in-law Thurs
day faced charges of robbing
banks in Illinois and Wisconsin.
The three were seized at their
home in Chilton, Wis., Wednes
day and brought here for ar
raignment. Woman Drove Car
The FBI identified them as
Mrs. Virginia Hephner, a "flam
ing" red haired woman describ
ed as driver of the getaway car,
her husband Raymond P. Heph
ner, 26, and his brother Phillip,
23.
According to the FBI they
have admitted holding up an
Edmund, Wis., bank and taking
$9,769 last Jan. 21 and robbing
two Illinois banks within a per
iod of 30 minutes a week ago.
Agents said Mrs. Hephner ad
mitted driving the getaway car
in the holdup of the Farmers
City Bank in Edmund, Wis., but
that evidence tended to support
her claim that she did not parti
cipate in the Illinois robberies.
Disgusted Over Loot
Hephner and brother con
fessed robbing the Pearl City,
111., bank of $1,300 last Friday
but were so disgusted with the
size of the loot that they drove
five miles to Kent, 111., where
they held up the state bank and
got $11,000.
Lawrence James, police chief
at Argyle, Wis., spotted the get
away car and jotted down the
first three numbers on the
license plate. FBI men traced
the car to Chilton.
The Army and Navy versions
of the Star-Spangled Banner are
not identical.
Anniversary Sales
Event Scheduled
By Johnston Store
An elaborate anniversary
sales celebration is planned Fri
day and Saturday to note the
first year in Medford of Johns
ton Stores, 112 South Riverside
avenue. Favors, prizes and re
freshments will be given.
Reviewing his first year of op
eration in Medford, Owner R. T.
Johnston expressed pleasure es
tablishment of the store in the
community and with its sales.
The auto supply shop was
planned specifically to provide
parking right in front of the
store, eliminating the necessity
of searching for a parking space.
Johnston takes particular pride
in his Teletype communication
system by which his store is con
nected to merchandise supply
points throughout the country.
Johnston and his family are
now permanent residents of
Medford. The firm's expansion
plans include opening of new
stores in other southern Oregon
cities, but Johnston announces
he plans to remain here.
Helicopters Evacuate
Marooned Soldiers
Somewhere in Korea U.R)
Twenty helicopters evacuated
800 United Nations troops
Thursday after the rain-swollen
Pukhan river marooned them at
a quartermaster service center.
The airlift began at noon and
lasted four hours. It was ordered
because the center's officers be
lieved the water too deep to risk
having the men wade to safety.
The troops had one day's "A"
rations and one day's "C" ra
tions and l'i days supply of
water left.
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STORE'S ANNIVERSARY The Johnston shown above. The establishment, located at
store, B. F. Goodrich distributor here, will ob- 112 South Riverside avenue, was planned speci-
serve its first anniversary in Medford tomorrow fically to provide on-premises parking for
and Saturday. A general view of the store is patrons.
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INTERIOR VIEW Above is an interior
view of the Johnston store in Medford, which
is observing its first anniversary here this weelc
end. The firm, dealers in B. F. Goodrich prod
ucts, handles a wide range of automotive and
household items.
Rainfall in Oregon Declared
Not Figment of the Imaaination
BY WILLIAM WARREN
Salem iU.R) There are two
rumors current in Oregon. One
is that flying saucers are not
figment of the imagination. The
other is that rain in Oregon is
not a figment of the imagina
tion.
Old timers will assure you
that, honest, it has rained in Ore
eon. Rain, in case you are too
young to remember, is wet pre
cipitation that falls from the
sky from what scientists have
classified as clouds.
Summer Proven Dry
If you think it has been dry
this summer, you are right. Cold
statistics will bear you out. In
the 52 years since the turn of
the century, rain has failed to
fall on Oregon only 10 times in
July in 1900, 1910, 1914, 1922
1925, 1926, 1929, year of the
drought and the depression,
1931, 1933 and 1952. Note that
it has been 19 years since we
had a rainless July.
August has . been rainless in
Oregon only seven times in the
52 years since we began saying
the 19 hundreds instead of the
18 hundreds. You have reason
able assurance of precipitation
by October. In only one October
since the turn of the century
that in 1917 did it fail to rain.
1950 Rainfall Heaviest
Are you getting so dry you'd
like o step outside your home or
office into a nice cloud crop
It's C0AAING! It's BIG!
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Barnyard Circus & Kids Day
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 8 P.M.
SPONSORED BY
The J unior Chamber of Commerce
ALL KIDS O To CO
Donkey Ball, Donkey Pclo, Musical Barrels, Beauty Contest, Pie Eating
Contest, Clowns and Funny Hats, Bands and Acrobats.
Circus to Benefit Underprivileged Boys Camp
of Jackson County Near Squaw Lake
Be at the Medford High School Football Field August
29th to Join in the Fun!
Watch This Paper and Listen to Radio Station KYJC
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Then contemplate these nice, wet
statistics. The heaviest average
rainfall in Oregon was in 1950
56.55 inches. The lowest average
rainfall in Oregon was in 1903
24.56. In only one year since
this century came into being has
there been no rain in both July
and August. That was in 1914.
These figures are all courtesy
of Jim McGilchrist, the Scot who
is your guide at the state capitol.
Jim is a weather, as well as a
botanical, expert, who will as
sure you with all the scientific
acumen of an Indian observing
the squirrels for weather fore
casting, that the climate is so
good here that people in Oregon
live an average of two years
longer than anywhere else in
Just A Breeze!
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Eugene Man Chosen
Commander of Legion
Klamath Falls OJ.R) Karl
L. Wagner, Eugene, was the new
State of Oregon Department
commander of the American Le
gion Thursday.
He was elected Wednesday at
closing session of the Legion's
six-day state convention here.
Mrs. Robert Kreason, Dallas,
was installed as president of the
Oregon Department auxiliary.
Wagner "succeeds Hollis C.
Hull of Albany.
The 46-year-old veteran of
World War II formerly was vice
commander of the department.
these United States.
Madras Average Light
If you live in Madras, your
average annual rainfall is only
8.40 inches a year.
If you. live in Tillamook, you
get drenched with an average of
95.93 inches a year which is
enough to take care of all the
residents and have plenty left
over to bathe any visiting ele
phant who may drop in on the
town.
Johnny Ray is a product of
Oregon. He was born up Dallas
way. But considering the lack
of rainfall in this state during
July and the prospects for Aug
ust, Johnny would have to sing
here of the little cloud which did
not cry. Because there is not
enough moisture in Oregon to
allow for tears.
Dead line Sunday Classifieds is at
noon Saturdays.
Mystery Box Said
Weather Balloon
Portlanl (U.P.) The myste
rious box-shaped object which
dropped from the sky near Ka
lama, Wash., was identified
Thursday by Air Force officials
as part of a weather balloon.
The balloon, with the four-foot-square
box, was sent up
from Tillamook, Ore., by Gener
al Mills Corporation who is
making weather studies under
contract to the air force.
The box with apparatus,
which was one of many sent up
by the aeronautical research lab
oratories of General Mills, is
known to technicians as a
"Moby Dick." It failed to func
tion properly Wednesday after
noon and fell with a thud, minus
the parachute that was supposed
to carry it safely back to earth. !
An ostrich has four toes, two j
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FOR
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RELIVE THE DAYS OF THE OLD WEST
Saturday 1''
Sunday
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AUGUST 2ND and 3RD
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2
A. M.
9:15-Mas$ at historical St. Joseph's Catholic Church
10:00-Welcome Address, Mayor Albert Hackert (Calif. Stret)
1 0:1 5-Kiddies Parade (Calif. Street)
10:45-Parade of Old Costumes (Calif. Street)
11:00 Queen's Coronation (Calif. Street)
11:15 Log Bucking Contest on Lower Third Street
11:30-Eve Prentice Accordion Band (Calif. Street)
12:00 Drawing for Grand Prizes (Calif. Street)
P. M.
12:30-Greased Pole Climbing (Community Hall Grounds)
12:30-Bliss Heine's Baton Corps (Calif. Street)
1:00-Special Entertainment (Ralph Ettel and his banjo)
1:30 Juvenile Gold Rush
2:00 Address at Jacksonville Museum Grounds, speaker Dr. Elmo Stevenson
3:00-Miss Pafs Dancers (Calif. Street)
3:30-Camp White Musical Boys (Calif. Street)
4:00 Watermelon Eating Contest
4:00 Dick Spain's Mountain Music (Calif. Street)
4:00-Donkey Derby Races (Athletic Field)
4:30 Dolly Greene (Spanish Dancing)
5:00-Martin's Hay Loft Boys (Calif. Street)
5:00 Donkey Baseball Game (Athletic Field)
6:00 Indian Parade (Calif. Street)
6:30 Forres:- Chapman Studio (Guitar Players)
7:00 Barber Shop Quartet (Calif. Street)
8:30 Jacksonville Pageant Program (School Athletic Field)
9:00 Dancing at U. S. Hall and Community Hall
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3
A. M. -
ll:00-Church Services, Old Protestant Pioneer Churches
12:00-Street Entertainment (Calif. Street)
1:00 Grand Parade
2:00 Jacksonville Jubilee Gigantic Gold Rush
2:30 Bliss Heine's Baton Corp (Calif. Street)
2:45 Eve Prentice Accordion Band
3:00-Kandy Kids
3:00 Old Fiddlers Contest (Community Hall)
3:15-Ashland Kilty Band (Calif. Street)
3:45 Dolly Greens (Spanish Dancing)
4:00 Donkey Derby Races (Athletic Field)
4:30 The Three Notes and Dad (Calif. Street)
4:45 Sinaing (Barber Shop Quartets)
5:00 Donkey Derby (Athletic Field) "
5:15 Forrest Chapman Studio (Guitar Players)
6:00 Mrs. Alexander's Hawaiian Band (Calif. Street) -
7:00 Special Entertainment by Ralph Ettel and his banjo
9:00 Dancing
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