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BabShow Pfenned
At Hawthorns Park
A baby show will be held at
Hawthorne park at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, according to Mrs.
Richard Camden, playground
supervisor at the park.
A number of ribbons will be
awarded for various Items in
cluding the baby with the largest
dimples and the baby with the
CP. Pottmatterthlp
Examination Scheduled .
Washington UJD The
Civil Service Commission said
today It will hold examinations
to fill the vacant postmastership
at Grants Pass and Eagle Creek,
A written test will be held at
Portland for the Eagle Creek Job,
but no written examination will
be held for the post at Grants
Pass. The Commission said ap
plications for the examination
must be received here not later
than Sept 8.
llavy Trainer Planes
Crash; Two Pilots Die
. Pensacola, Fla. CUJ3 Two
Navy trainer planes collided
over this naval air station late
last night and plunged to earth
less than 100 .yards from the
nurses' quarters, killing the two
student pilots.
The Navy identified the pilots,
whose bodies were recovered, as
Ens. Robert L. Coffyn, 23, and
Lt JG Blllie L. Flostram, 25.
Coffyn was survived by bis
widow, Jenet, who was living
Wednesday, Jkagoat IS. 1939
MEDFORD (OBZOON) MAIL TRIBUHE KIKE
Suggestion Favored
Portland (UJO The Oregon
Ian said today a suggestion by
Vancouver, Wash, Mayor Ralph
Carter that the city change its
name to Tort Vancouver met
with widespread approval in a
survey conducted by the news
paper. The suggestion was made to
help avoid confusion with Van
couver, B. C
Roseburg Man Loses Supreme Court Appeal
' SalemQMS Frank Monk of
and he was again convicted and
sentenced to three years in Ore
gon state penitentiary.
The high court, in an opinion
by Justice George Rossman, said
Monk did not plead former
Jeopardy as permitted by law
"and his failure to have done
so constituted a waiver of former
Jeopardy as a defense."
Roseburg today lost his 'appeal
to the Oregon Supreme Court
from his conviction la Douglas
county of embexiling $257.25
while he was manager of the
Veterans lounge.
The money belonged to the
Patrick Kelly post of Veterans of
Foreign Wars. A former convic
tion was reversed upon appeal.
A new indictment was returned,
correcting some' Irregularity,
curliest hair.
All parents are invited to
enter their babies in the show.
at Navy. Point here, and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C L.
Cofryn, of Portland.
Una tunda Oaaalflaii la at
Saturday: 10 am atonda for
Monday, ether day 8 JO previous day.
Sport pK y$CA rRALlY II
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the
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New York 0J.B The me
chanical man of goU will be 41
tomorrow and, while the gears
are mean ing
T better than ev-
A er. Ben Hogan
U In a ia is that
4 "there are
times when I
feel like I'm
90."
Those times
are under ad
verse weather
conditions o r
when he puts
too much
slender frame
which almost was dismantled in
a near fatal automobile accident
in early 1949. But Hogan, who
was bora in the tiny cow town
of Dublin, Tex., Aug. 13. 1912.
will be around for the big ones
quite a while yet.
-Golf is my life," he grins.
"Actually, I feel fine. It's just
that I'm getting too old to have
birthdays any more."
Ten can't prove thai to the
tournament aces who have
been chasing Bantam Ban with
such ever increasing futility
that the slock golf argument
sew la whether Hogan ia
greater even than the im
mortal Bobby Jones. The de
bate reached its peak after
Ms British Open triumph, giv
ing Ben a record of five wins
la six starts this year.
- His other triumphs were in
the U. S. Open, the Masters.
Colonial Invitation and Pan
American Open. In his other
tart, he finished third at Greenbrier.
"In the future," Ben says,
"IH play in the Masters and the
U. S. Open and possibly the
Colonial Invitation. I don't know
about nlavlns In the British
Ooen anymore. That's too far
in the future."
Almost all agree that Hogaa
Is the greatest active player,
and most of them feel that he
even surpasses the "Emperor
Jones." This, of course, enters
the realm of whether Demp
sey was better than Louie,
Man oWar greater than Colin
or Cy Young was a finer
pitcher than Walter Johnson.
Equipment is better now than
in the Jones era yet it seems im
possible, in view of the fast pace
of today's game and the hundreds
of outstanding players, that one
man could completely dominate
the game. Yet Hogan does.
BULLETIN
New York U.B The
faded New York Giants dis
played their complete faith in
Manager Leo Durocher today
when they signed him to pilot
the club for two more years
at an estimated salary of 150.
000 a year.
NAM IL PROMOTED
Tokyo U.R) Communist Pel
ping radio revealed today that
Gen. Kim Kwang Kap has suc
ceeded Gen. Nam II as chief of
staff of the North Korean armed
forces. Nam, who was senior Red
delegate to the armistice nego
tiations, recently was moved up
to the post of foreign minister.
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Floyd Barnes Shell Service
and
Trailer Rental Headquarters
It W. Main Phone 2-9983
Charley C. Gilbert
Shell Dealer
Rhrtrsioo and Jackson Sis. Ph. 3-9017
Gene Roethler
Shell Service
East 6th and Front Srs. Ph. 2-8730
Crocker Bros.
Union Oil Dealers
Central t Jackson Srs. Phone 3-9111
Gilbert & White
Midway Auto Repair
Rt. 2 Box 872 Phone 86X1
CENTRAL POINT .
Ashland Heme & Auto Supply
25 LMain Phone 4011
ASHLAND
Chuck Risse
Super Service
6th ft Fir Srs.
Phone 3-9149
Firestone Stores
214 So. Riverside Phone 2-71 19
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