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II o Bandits Get Valuable Loot From Residence Of Lauritz Melchior Hollywood HP Four bandits forced their way into the home cl Lauritz Melchior Tuesday rugbt, tied up the singer, his wife and hi household em plnyeei and escaped with an es-tur-atrd $175,000 in cash, jewels and furs as M'-lchior raced after them wi'.h a rifle. "IX I only could have gotten my g'ui in time," the Danish born linger told police. "I pre tended I had a heart attack, so tney didn't tie me up very tight ly I ran after them when they wera leaving in their car, but I waa too late." Melchior said the four tied hira, his wife, Maris, nicknamed Kleinchen or "little one;" his valet, Charles Leuscher, and xr M, Willa Huber, with neck tun and stockings after taking the valuables. Ciown Jewell Taken 6 Part of the loot included S110, flSo in crown jewels once belong ing to Queen Anastasia, mother of the present King Frederick IX of Denmark. "This is a holdup," one of the men told Melchior. He waved a fin at him and forced him to open a wall safe. The others, two oi whom wore nylon stocking matki, took cash, jewelry and four fur coats from other parts of tha Mulholland Drive hilltop tfcane. "They were between 35 and 40 years old," Melchoir told po lice. He said they did not harm anyone and left Mrs. Melchior's 75-year-old mother alone. "I was hurt a little by being i)d up, but that was all," his wifa said. "It was a terrible ex perience reading and listening to mti.ic when suddenly some people come into the room and u, 'this is a holdup.' They oxde us lie on our stomachs and tied ua up. "I suppose they were courte ous because they didn't kill us or t let.t we don't have any broken bones." The Melchiors had been vis ited earlier in the evening by everal friends before the in vasion by the gunmen who ap parently carried .45 caliber automatics. 1 The 67-year-old Melchior came to Hollywood in 1944 after 25 I years as a famed Metropolitan Opera star. He appeared in sev eral motion pictures, co-star- ring with such actresses as Kath ryn Grayson June Allyson and Esther Williams. I Calypso Fad Nol j For Rock'n Roller I New York IP Maybe I Bill Haley is prejudiced, but he doesn t dig this calypso music. The king of the international rock 'n' roil set believes the en tire calypso fad was doomed from the start because, "you can't force the public to buy anything." Haley, recently returned from what he calls a "fantabulous" tour of Australia and England, said he first heard about the ca lypso boom while in Australia. "They told us we'd come home to find rock 'n' roll dead," he said. "When we got home, I look ed at a television disk jockey show and they were playing a calypso record. I saw that the kids weren't dancing, and I knew we had nothing to worry about." Haley believes calypso is too difficult for dancing. "It's very easy to jitterbug to rock 'n' roll," he explained. "The secret of our success is our sim plicity. The kids don't have to study to enjoy our music. It's their music." He pointed out that, despite all the commotion, calypso has only had a couple of hit records. "No matter how much you run down rock 'n' roll," he said, "the public likes it and buys it. Rock 'n' roll is still turning out million-selling records. Calypso isn't. If calypso had the young sters singing and dancing, it would last." What about Haley's future? And whither rock V roll? "I'm thinking of other things to help widen the field. You know, rock 'n' roll is only the four bar blues with a heavy aft- if f T f. . '11 'Z: Mt'ft ' I i y P is i 5, teJtr Tr2&"L--- LENDING A ROYAL HAND Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (left), wearing glasses, and Princess Margaret (stooping) do their share to keep the polo field at Windsor Park neat by treading down pivots, pieces of turf torn up by polo club strokes. The Queen's husband, Prince Philip, who was celebrating bis 36th birthday, played for the Wind sor Park team in the match. WadtiMday. June 19, 1937 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Defense Against Attackers Offered Buffalo, N. Y. tP) A German-born grandmother offers this time-tested continental dis couragement for would-be at tackers of women always carry a small can of pepper. Mrs. Carl G. Ahlert said Eu ropean women a generation ago never left home alone unless armed with pepper for self-defense. "Hurl pepper into the attack er's eyes," she recommended. 'It will smart terribly. His first re action will be to rub his eyes. That will make the burning sen sation even worse. You'll have time to run away. "Or take a bunch of keys and scratch him up." The 60-year-old native of Koblenz, Germany, resides in su burban Cheektowaga where numerous attacks on women were reported recently. "This series of attacks is the worst in the 30 years I have lived here," she said. The important thing to re member, Mrs. Ahlert added, is to carry a small can of pepper in the hands ready to use when ever a person is walking on the street especially at night. "There may not be time to get it out of your handbag or pocket," she said "With a little practice you can learn to open the can with the thumb of the same hand with which you are carrying it." FOR HORSES Milton, Mass. IP A crosswalk of white lines has been painted diagonally on Route 28 in the Blue Hills near a sign that reads, "Horses Cross ing." The walk is for the pro tection of riders using the bri dle paths. About 15 hours are required for a ship to clear the Suez canal. ftr Your furs Frances' Furs Formerly Frances Dallaira 1100 Crater Lake Ave. Telephona SP 2-6526 Women Sentenced To See Movie, Write Essay San Francisco IP Municipal Court Judge Clayton Horn placed five women shoplifters on probation Tuesday with the stipulation they see a movie and write 200-word essays on one phase of the film. The movie: "The Ten Com mandments." The subject: The Eighth Com mandment: "Thou shalt not steal." erbeat. If this starts to fade, there's the same beat applied to Dixieland . . . country music . . . the old ballads. "Fm a long way from through. "We're always trying to come up with something new. Not only my own group, the Comets, but all rock 'n' roll groups. We keep refreshing ourselves. And re member, too, that we have so many good guys on our team guys like Elvis, Pat Boone, Fats Domino. They're powerhouses. It's going to be tough to beat us." Gizo Paradise For Troubled Man Gizo HP Having mother-in-law troubles? Your boss a slave driver? Tired of it all? Then try Gizo. Gizo is a town and an island in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate where there are no automobiles, but everyone owns a boat; where a man with a bi cycle is considered rich. There are eight general stores serving Gizo's 12 European families. About three times a year ocean liners intrude on Gizo's privacy to load copra, yet Aus tralia is only 11 hours away by regular Qantas planes from the nearby airport at Vella Lavella. Your breakfast food grows outside the glassless houses, medical attention and hospitali zation are free, the cobalt seas are saturated with fish and the bacon for your eggs runs wild on the nearby islands. Gizo is the port of entry to the Solomons Protectorate and seat of government for the Western District of the B.S.I. It lies 500 miles south of the equator with an Hawaiian climate. There is cricket and football for the sports-minded, and sandy beaches and tall, shady trees for those born tired. The British Government store sells everything from cocktail canapes to shotguns, and the seven Chinese stores can pro duce everything from brocades to chewing gum. The cost of living is among the lowest in the world and "ineffi cient" domestic native help abounds. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is housed in a palm-thatched hut, and there is barbed wire instead of iron bars on the local jail. Most Christian religions have churches in or around Gizo, and the government provides Cam bridge graduate R. Hill as agri culture expert to advise farmers. England's fishing fleet In 1580 needed warships to drive off the pirates. r: H sir nu 1 Uri-tHS 3 YOU iFOR YOUR- OLD LIVING ROOM SUITE WIDE SELECTION OF SUITES & SECTIONALS THIS WEEK ONLY ENDS SATURDAY See This Group and Many Many More at Dempster's Two piece sectional In tweeds. Choice of gray .or beige cover. PAY ONLY in nn BUY OH TIME - LOWEST TERMS Per Month t TRADE-IN 189.95 50.00 Only 139.95 Pining Room Special FAMOUS FACTORY CLOSE OUT 6 DlAA IimImm Cll!A with 6 Chairs, China Cabinet, Extension fjQyY QM Tvna Table. New C,nun C.ilvpr Mahnaanu 0 I r- 1 i a Reg. $375.00 - 7 Piece Dining Suite with 5 Chairs, China Cabinet, and Extension Type Table NOW Popular Buckskin Tan Mahogany Reg. $311.50 225' 6 Piece Dining Suite with 4 Chairs, China Cabinet and Drop Leaf Table for 8 UQU Buckskin Mahogany finish Reg. $316.50 522P COBWEB CORNER VALUES Odds and Ends from Bankrupt Medford Furniture Store . One roll only 100 NYLON PLUSH CARPET light cinnamon color, 12 ft. wide. C M QC Regularly sells for $9.95 sq. yd. aCls One time offer at only Tf sq. yd. LIVING ROOM TABLES - in blond, walnut, mahogany finishes AOO Regularly priced up to $49.95 I Reduced to only E J BLOND ASH BEDROOM SUITE with double dresser and king sixe A AQC bookcase bed. One only. Regularly I M $249.90. Best buy in town at only I &m W Genuine 18th Century mahogany four piece double dresser BEDROOM SUITE, with QAPPfll) bookcase bed. Regularly $384.85. V E U Only one at m$$ Ml YOUR FAMILY FURNITURE STORE" DEMPSTER mllvlil II lyiini Corner 6th and Barrlett Streets TOO ALL-OUT CONVENIENCE for the family with children! Big Bin, the world's largest door shelf, stores more than eight -gal. bottles pZui up to bushel of fruits and vegetables in the con venient, lift-out showcase crisper. Mode 6EH72 not POOO FBfEZrR 75-tt. copacir, seporate eooEng tpiem. ROLLS OUT for easy floor-cleaning or for kitchen decorating. Locks in place. DART 5 TOR hat egg rock, cheew kpr, and bolter bin wilh spreod coatroC AUnMNUM SMILVIS gU fa or ovt. and caa b moved vp or down. AS LOW AS A WEEK Other Models Family Size 5189s5 CITY APPLIANCE, INC. Mrs. Barbara Kayser 1908 Westerlund Drive Medford Winner of TV Home Show Prize nnniTrmmriTiTiTi-u 127 N. Central Ph. SP3-53C8 OPEN TILL 9 P.M. WEDNESDAYS r 1 How to shop like a proSessional buyer You make thousands of buying decisions a month just shopping for your family. A professional buyer makes hundred of thousands. Yet you both follow the same sound rule to avoid buying mistakes; V A good brand is your beat guar an tea . You know you can count on a good brand. Its maker stands back of it. And so you know you're right. The more good brands you know, the surer you are. Get to know them in this newspaper. They'll help you cut buying mistakes, get mora for your money. BRAND NAMES FOUNDATION Incorporated A Non-Profit Educational Foundation 37 West 57th St, New York 19. N. Y. 3ZD 4 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
