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WT MIBrOHD (ORZOOW1 MAIL TMSOTfE Wednesday. August (, 1938 tV JiU 4oU 1. 1 I :J BRINKS ROBBERY TRIAL OPENS The eight suspects in the $1,219,000 Brinks robbery are shown in Boston's Suffolk Superior Court on the opening day of their trial. A Total of 169 indictments, including armed robbery and conspiracy in the Jan. 17, 1950 holdup, face the defendants. Left to right: Michael Geagan, 47: James Fahertv, 44; Thomas F. Richardson, 48: Joseph F. McGinnis, 52; Anthony Pino, 48; Vincent J. Costa, 41; Adolph (Jazz) Maffie, 44, and Henry Baker, 49. Brink's Jury Choice Continues Boston U.R) A steady can- egy in the volley of challenges The eieht men who the state says eluded capture for six years after looting the Brink's North End counting house Jan. 17, 1950, appeared in court for the first time Tuesday. nonade of defense challenges bat tered court machinery today in the trial of eight Brink's defend ants accused of plundering SI,-219,000. More than 100 prospective jurors were summoned Tuesday But not one had been seated' to try the middle-aged men charged with the nation's greatest cash robbery. The defense headed by Attor ney Paul T. Smith turned down 20 veniremen on the second day of the trial. Nine others were challenged by the prosecution and 18 were excused by Suffolk county Superior Judge Felix Forte. Earlier in closed session Judge Forte excused 37 pros pective jurors. Seventeen per sons summoned to the grey brick courthouse failed to appear. Smith, who charged that the defendants cannot get a fair trial in Massachusetts, denied there was any unusual defensive strat- They are Michael Geagan, 47; Thomas F. Richardson, 48; Adolph (Jazz) Maffie, 44; Henry D. Baker, 49; Vincent J. Costa, 41; James I. Faherty, 44,; and Joseph F. McGinnis 48, all of Greater Boston. Portland Property Involved in Deal Portland (U.R) Negotia tions for the sale of one of the largest property holdings in the downtown business district of Portland were reported today to be nearly completed. Involved are properties of the Corbett Investment Company whose holdings figuring in the sale run in excess of $6,000, 000. Purchasers will be Henry A. Kuckenberg, Portland contrac tor, and Paul F. Murphy, Oswe go real estate developer and in vestor. Some other persons may also be included in the group negotiating for the purchase of the properties. Involved would be the ten . story Corbett building which oc cupies a quarter block, the ten story half-block Pacific build ing, the south half of the Lip man Wolfe and Co., department store building, the five-story half block Hotel garage and several other important properties in the southwest downtown section of the city. Principals in the negotiations said that no final agreement had been reached as of yet but they would not deny that negotiations appear to be nearly completed. Fire Spreads Over Grass, Timber Area Shady Cove Fire which spread from a trash fire yester day burned over a considerable area of dry grass and destroyed an estimated 4.000 board feet of lumber at the site of a new home being built by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Reed near Long Branch and Riv er rds. The blaze was reported to the Shady Cove Volunteer Fire de partment by Barbara Charney, Shady Cove, and firemen extin guished the fire before it did any additional damage. Foundations of the building and a nearby car and trailer escaped harm from the fire. rnAle in nnnffe iuicel lEl li It leaves you iro5J mirnoff iJuqrtatttiat 10 Proof. Dlst. from f rain. Stt. Pitrrc SmirnoW fi. (Di. of Heuolein), Hartfonl. Conn, U.S. A xjr'-r. On The Side y E. V. Durlinq (Distributed by King Futu'M Svadicat. Inc.) When "Casey" Jones became fatally involved in that railroad crash immortalized in song and story, he was trying to make up time. To get the Cannonball Ex press on schedule again. Too many railroad, plane and steam ship disasters have been caused by frantic efforts to make up time. It might be wise for all types of transportation to adopt a strict policy of "better late than never." Also there are laws covering the matter of excessive speed on railroad tracks, in the air and on the sea. They should be as strictly enforced as those relating to speed by automobiles on public highways are. Genius Chaplin, the baggy pants cin ema comic, is no genius. How ever,, Mack Sennett, creator of the Keystone comedies which first popularized Chaplin, was. Once the billing of nearly every film theatre carried the words: "And a Keystone Comedy." No cast mentioned. Didn't have to be. If a Keystone comedy was to be shown the film enthusiast knew he was due for plenty of laughs. Sennett had a genius for satire and suspense. Incidentally, Alfred Hitchcock adapted Sen nett's comedy suspense techniq ues to melodrama. Now they are saying that he, Hitchcock, is a genius. i So They Say t Aries (March 21-April 20) men are easily deceived. . That's why so many are victims of the wiles of clever blondes and scheming brunettes. The Aries men are al so careless regarding agreements or contracts. They sign the docu ment before reading it thorough ly. Wives of Aries pien should present their spouses with pock et magnifying glasses so they can always read the part of a con tract that is in fine print. Every Aries man needs the protection and guidance of a smart wife. One born either under Leo or Sagittarius preferred. Or, so say the stargazers. Information Do you consider yourself a well informed fellow? If so name in order of their height the six tallest buildings in New York City? What is the tallest building west of New York City? What does UNESCO mean? Who in vented .television? What's the fifth amendment to the U. S. Constitution? Who is your con gressman? Whafs the weight limit for a bantamweight boxer? What is the limited length of a baseball bat? What three actress es played the title roles in the original film version of "Sally, Irene and Mary"? Over There In Great Britain the so-called "Ladies of the Evening," mem bers of what is referred to as "the World's Oldest Profession," are required to file income tax reports. They give their occupa tion as "renting" f u r n i s hed rooms." Passing By Charles T. Hunt. Dean of cir cus maestros. Sixty-three years the owner of a tent show and still going strong. He reports this sea son is showing a nice profit. Mr. Hunt has attended every perfor mance of his circus since it was established in 1892. A circus is fine entertainment but when a kid my favorite was Buffalo Bill's Wild West show -and Con gress of the Horsemen of the World. What a thrill I used to get out of that scene in which the Indains attacked the stage coach. Remember it? Get It Right Recently I reported that Mills Darden, of Lexington, Ky., the largest man known to medical historians, weighed 876 pounds. I am now informed it is a matter of record that Darden at one time in his adult life weighed 1000 pounds. At that time his wife weighed only 99 pounds. Bartenders A Chicago bartender refers to himself as a "beverage counsel or." Am asked what I think of the term. Sounds somewhat corny to me. I don't care much for "mixologist" either. We will have to give the matter for dif ferent designation for bartender more thought. For the head bar tender "bar manager" is good. Now we need a name for the bar manager's associates. Private Sentenced By Army Court Board Honolulu U.R) An Army court martial board sentenced Pfc. Leo G. Chavez, 19, of Bis bee, Ariz., Tuesday to five years hard labor for burglarizing 'the home of his commanding officer. Chavez pleaded guilty on July 7 to breaking into the home of Maj. Gen. Edwin J. Messinger, commander of the 25th Division. He denied stealing anything. Chavez was also sentenced to a dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of all pay and allow ances. He will serve his time at the Army disciplinary barracks at Lompoc, Calif. The young soldier was arrest ed by military police after the general's wife and daughter saw him running away from their home. Appeals Court Eyes Plea for Seamen San Francisco (U.R) The U. S. Court of Appeals has taken under submission a government plea in the merchant seamen screening case. The plea asked the court to overthrow a lower court order directing the Coast Guard to validate the sailing papers of more than 2000 merchant sea men once banned as security risks. The appeals court ruled last year the screening process was unconstitutional. In accordance with that ruling. Federal Dis trict Judge Edward P. Murphy on July 12 ordered the Coast Guard to validate the seamen's papers. CONFINEMENT Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) Felix C. Barron charged Hugh Sanders with malicious mischief Tuesday because Sanders had wrapped a heavy log chain around his car and- padlocked it. Sanders told Judge Beverly Boushe he did it because the car was parked in a lot reserved for customers of his toy shop. The judge dismissed the case beoause, "I can't fine Sanders without considering trespassing charges against Bar- SWIMI COOL OFF! 11 v Heated Tiled Pool PATRICK CREEK RESORT On U.S. Highway 1 99 to Crescent City New Motel Lodge Rooms Excellent Food Relaxing Refreshments Family Council Mrs. M. R. L She asked but ignored advice. Constancy I want both hus band and mother. Mrs. M. R. L. My daughter Constance came' to me a few weeks ago to say that she was coming back home because she could not get along with her husband. She complained that she found him unfaithful, ir responsible and unworthy. I urged her not to make any decision until thinking it over some more. I told her she was welcome to return home, but that I wanted her to go away by herself f6r a week or two to think things oiit, and then to come back to us if she were sure she could not live with her hus band any longer. She agreed to follow my ad vice, and I arranged for her to be with some relatives out-of-town. But she never went to these relatives. Instead, she re turned to her husband, and she has just come to me to tell me that she is going to have a baby. I am terribly shocked and hurt by this turn of events. I feel strongly she should never have married this man, and I took that position before the marriage. The only reason I urged her to give second thought to the idea of leaving him was that, in view of my strong op position to him, I wanted to be sure that she would not blame me afterwards if she regretted losing him. Now I feel that I betrayed my own feelings and my daughter's future. Constance My mother cannot understand that I love my hus band and want him, even though I complain. I don't know why my husband behaves the way he does. I'm afraid that our lives have become embittered by quarrels over our families, and that he has turned on me be cause of these quarrels. But I can't believe that all his love for me has died. I really never want ed to leave him, but I turned to mother with my complaints, I suppose, because I have been longing for her to take a dif ferent view of our marriage. The Council: Mrs. M. R. L. is not helping matters with her negative attitude. She made a mistake when, in stead of welcoming her daugh ter, she palmed her off to some out-of-town relatives. Constance obviously wanter her mother's sympathy and understanding, and failed to get it. She could not accept the relatives as a substitute, but she remembered her love for her husband and promptly returned to him. We cannot, of course, hold that her husband is worthy of his mother-in-law's regard, but it certainly seems high time for her to drop her hostility. Con stance evidently is made un happy and difficult to live with because she is torn by the con flict between husband and moth er, feeling greatly in need of both. If Mrs. M. R. L. will now change her attitude and become friendly toward her son-in-law, she may relieve tensions and make it easier for the young couple to get along. If this ten sion is the cause of his mis behavior, its, elimination to gether with the prospect of a child may change him much for the better. ' (Copyright I9S6, General Features Corp.) Court Records DISTRICT COURT James Grant Metternich, reckless driving, 30. Robert Dale Dunagan, no motor vehicle license. S15. Noel Denny, intoxicated on public highway. S30. Ronald Edward Seguin, violation of basic rule. S15. Delbert Val Johnson, defective head lights, $10. Elwyn Gail Behnke,-no over size permit. $10. Bert Leroy Baker, overheight, $10. Fred Inman Taylor, overwidth. $10. Gene K. Sorensen, four persons in front seat. $15. Leona Annitte Scott, failure to stop at stOD sign, $15. Louie Elhert Hutton, failure to atop at stop sign, $15. Glen Lynton Dean, intoxicated on public highway. $15. Edward Arthur Hinkle, no tail light. $6. George Dewey Oliver, four in front seat. $10. Rodney Claude Read, inadequate muffler. $10. Harold Francis Vrooman, driving without lights. SB. Jack Tannehill Walker, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Walter Lee Rutherford. Ashland, and Marion Lucille Kiser, Ashland. Ellis Doty. Jacksonville, and Phyllis Gail Rudberg. 10 Quince St.. Med ford. Lloyd La Verne Cottrell. Williams. Ore., and Billy Irene Towne, Grants Pass. James Antie Doren. Sacred Heart hospital. Medford. and Betty St. Pierce Stewart. Talent. Billv Charles O Dell, route 2. box 220, Medford. and Sandra Mae Gerb ing. 2154 Kings highway. Medford. , t ' r 'if Volunteer Hospital Worker Gets Award Pittsburgh U.R) A woman whose husband spent 12 years as a patient in a veterans' hospital has just passed the equivalent of two-and-a-half years of volun tary hospital work. Mrs. Sterling L. Morelock. Pittsburgh, received a pin of recognition for more than 5,000 hours of service in two veterans' hospitals. That would be equal to two-and-a-half years of 40 hour five-day work weeks. Mrs. Ida Kline, Pittsburgh, who also passed the 5,000-hour mark, is the widow of a career Army man who died in 1944. Mrs. Morelock's husband won the Congressional Medal of Hon or in World War I. FLIT INSECT SPRAY Double Action With DDT ' Qt. Size t tow in Cost! Use Tribune Want Ads Easy. Just Dial 2-6141 CONFESSING SLAYING, according to police, Rodrigo Jose Castro, 23, points to swfa where beaten body of W. C. Westcott, 32, socialite publicist, was found in a Holly wood apartment. With ham are Detectives Mark Holan and W. C. Schottmiller Oright). (International Soundp)ioto) A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Pikii Fcaturt Writer ma Uirmsn Nicboli Washington U.R) new in Washington: John Foster Dulles, the world's busiest traveling man, is always in a hurry. In iact, when he took off for London to look into the Suez "busi ness, he forgot to kiss his! wife goodbye. His plane was warmed up and ready whem he realized his error. The secretary of state opened the door and rushed down the ramp toi give Janet Dulles a fond smac!keroo. She had one coming, toou The secretary had scant notice of his trip and he caught her under a dryer at the hair dresser's. His travel kits needed packing and the phone at home was, .busy. Janet called out emergency to the telephone operator and got trie, the butleron the bai. She was at the airport 15 minutes ahead of takeoff. Writ's during the upcoming campaigns. "No, he said. "But 1 m going to make some speeches." Dorothy Cox, who has one of the sweetest voices on Capitol Hill, now. answers the , phone: "The vice president's offi ce, Mrs. Charles Thomas Donnelly." Her new hubby is the Wafehington manager of a tool company, one of her bosses. The other one is Richard M. Nixon, V.P, U.S.A. Defense Secretary Claarles E. Wilsbn dropped the ward at a party the other night , that he 'still squirms" every cmce in a while when he has to spend a tew billion dollars of the tax payers' money. He recalled, dur ing trie conversation, attout when he was making $60 a irponth, and got a raise to $80 when he got married. Wilson said that when he re tires he may write a book which khe would like to caJIl "Main springs of Human Ben a vior." He had in mind, he said, that when you work for the government, there are "other things to be considered besides ttbe money you have.'' A bystander at the pmrty asked the secretary if he planned to make any "political" speeches Sweet Home Girl Has Close Call in Mishap Sweet Home, Ore. ttJ.R) A nine-year-old girl nairrowly miss ed losing a leg here yesterday when it was hooked into a chain conveyor accidentally turned on by one of her playmates. The accident happened in the Benjo Milling Company plant, which has been temporarily closed. Because it vras closed, no adults were present and several minutes were required to shut off the conveyor and, call help. Ilecia Bowser, daughter of Mrs. David Bowmen, was taken to Langmack hospital at Sweet Home with her leg mangled from knee to ankle. . However, hospital authorities said the leg could be saved. Several beams in the' floor had to be sawed through in order to release the child, who had been caught by one of the hooks in the chain and pufiled through the floor. CENTURY OF PROFIT Oplousas, La. (U.R) The St. Landry Catholic church sold a 250 by 257 foot' piece of land today for $45,000. The land was valued at $400 'when it was do nated to the chnrch in 1855. 1C J J f t PAINT uriru MEDFORD FAINT & WALLPAPEE STORE Corner 6th & Holy, Diagonally Across from rha Post Office We Give S&H Green Stamps PHONE 2-9321 The United Mine Workers Journal likes the one about the throat specialist who remarked that smoking makes a woman's voice harsh. "If you don't believe it," he said, "just try flicking your ash'es on the rug." More than a lot of Army folks were disturbed when the order went out that regulation foot wear would be black shoes in stead of brown. But now on sale on most bases is a complete kit which "dis guises," dyes and provides polish for shoes "of any color," includ ing brown ones that now have to show up black. The kit includes spot and pol ish remover, shoe dye and boot polish. Gis, of course were not fretting, but a lot of officers were. They have to buy shoes. ' The publication "Motorist" tells about a fellow who went into an automobile club office in Massachusetts. The young man wanted all of the travel maps and tour books for a trip to the Midwest. He insisted on detailed information about the route he wanted to take. When the travel counselor had finished, the cus tomer asked: "Is this route heavi ly traveled?" The counselor as sured him that it sure was. "It'd better be," the young man re plied. "I'm hitchhiking." APPLIANCES REFRIGERATORS 2-Philco 1 Montgomery Ward 1 Kelvinator 1 -Admiral YourPick $"7C00 ONLY lWHIRLPOOL SQC00 DRYER WV 1 LAUNDROMAT $QC00 WASHER 09 1 MONTGOMERY WARD $CO00 WRINGER WASHER 3 ST 1 SPEED QUEEN $O50 WASHER Like New.... Q M 1 WESTINGHOUSE $ ELtllKlt. KANut 59 50 Terms 225 E. 6th St. Medford PHone 3-5433 IEl r n&i m.' v lii1 ' JLr V'- 7 GftAND Puze wiNNEB Amttottst b'ewipeper Snapthot Qentett, by Martin H. Miller A salute to the colors . . . 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