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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1959)
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, July 26, 1939 Martin Receives Suspended Sentence Roy Lee Martin, 32-year-old ""ex-office manager of the Crane company here, reversed "his previous position Friday afternoon and requested 3Vi years suspended sentence. Cir cuit Judge -James M. Main granted his request. Friday morning Judge Main . announced he was giving Mar tin a 3V2 years suspended sen- tence. However, Martin re ' fused the suspended sentence. k One of the conditions imposed : was that the ex-office manager .make restitution of $3,291.85 for plumbing fixtures he had taken. Martin, represented by Jim McGoodwin, Medford attor ney, Friday afternoon stated in court he actually had want ed probation and didn't mean his 'previous statement. SOMETHING WRONG? Jacksonville, Fla. - (CPD -Directors of the Jacksonville Police Credit Union Friday ordered an investigation of possible check forgeries after they' reported shortages of more than $150,000. James Jenkins Named To 10 Most Wanted List James Francis Jenkins, 37, ior decorator, and milkman. A federal warrant for his has been named to the "10 most wanted fugitives" list by the federal bureau of investi gation. He replaces George E. Cole, who was caught this month in Iowa for the 1956 slaying of a San Francisco po liceman. Jenkins, who is white American, is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighs about 205 pounds has drak brown hair which is slightly receding at the fore head, and has hazel eyes. He has worked as a welder, inter I ft MOUTH CENTRAL )1 SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE Badminton Set 4 Player, complete with net and poles. Reg. $9.95 Sg49 Croquet Set 6 Player Wooden, includes stand. 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Escapes from Jail Jenkins and two cellmates escaped through the ceiling of their cell after digging 13 days with a concealed screw driver, according to FBI infor mation. . The trio then used torn sheets to lower them selves to the ground. . He is armed and considered dangerous. . - - Among the other "10 most wanted fugitives" by the FBI is Eugene Francis -Newman, 30, who is wanted for unlaw ful flight to avoid prosecu tion for robbery. ' , According to FBI informa tion, Newman ' was one of three armed men who at tempted to rob an armored truck Aug.- 3, 1955, in Buf falo, N.Y. Two of the men were .captured" shortly after wards, but Newman escaped, possibly traveling to Canada. Wounds Guard . ... - . Newman is reportedly the individual who wounded one of the truck guards with ma chine gun bullets during the robbery. Newman, who uses numer ous aliases, is 5 feet,, 8 inches tall, weighs approximately 175 pounds, is of medium build, had light brown or blond wavy hair, which may be dyed red and, is a white American. He has worked as a bricklayer, clerk, laborer, counterman and construction worker. Among his tatoos is the number "13" within a dotted circle on the back of the left hand at the thumb base, and a heart over the name "Dan ny" on his right forearm. He is known to have had in his possession several re volvers and a machine gun and is considered extremely dangerous. Persons having information regarding Jenkins or New man are to contact the near est FBI ofice. ' PTA Officials Speak af Class Ashland-Mrs; Dorothy Gus tison, state president of the Parent - Teachers association, and Mrs. Jessie Fitch, local PTA officer, appeared before Dr. ' Alva Graham's class in public and professional rela tions at Southern Oregon col lege last week. ' The size and Influence of the organization were said to be second only to the Nation al Education association m numbers and influence, Mrs. Gustison said. She also dis cussed the objectives of the PTA, listing education and child study, which are some times -misunderstood by the public and by teachers. Mrs. Fitch illustrated the nature of child study pro grams by reference to the Ashland organization. . ' Both leaders emphasized that the PTA does not attempt in any way' to dictate to school officials and that it is non-partisan in its political and educational beliefs. Others who have appeared before the class during the summer session included Dr. Elmo N. Stevensdh, SOC presi dent; Dr. Bill Sampson, chair man of the education "divi sion; William Dawkins, Med ford public relations execu tive; and Leonard Mayfield, Medford school superintend ent. 1 Hugh G. Simpson, college director of information, "will serve as the last consultant for the series, Drv Graham announced. Rogue River Sets Wafer Rationing Rogue River - City authori of Rogue River last week went from house to house to ask gardeners not to use any more water than absolutely necessary. - The move was made as the result of the city's first water shortage in years. ' . , Mayor John . Ley en urged residents to be careful with water and offered a voluntary ration plan for irrigation pur poses which was suggested by the city council. Residences west of Oak st. were asked to use water Mon days and Thursdays; Oak st. east to Cedar st., Tuesdays and Fridays; Cedar st. east, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Water in one of the city's two wells dropped five feet over the week end, it was reported, and the well on Ward's creek will be lost to city use when the highway construction begins next fall. " An investigation committee of Councilmen C. B. Willough by, Victor Friden and. Joe Golding was appointed by the mayor to investigate possi bilities -for a new well.: Fire Danger May Force Closure of Garbage Dumps Following two serious fires at small community garbage dumps recently the state de partment of forestry is seek ing community cooperation to prevent further forest fire danger. State department of forest ry officials stated that gar bage dumps at Prospect and Shady Cove and the one operated by the state highway department at. Siskiyou sum mit may all have to be closed. "A meeting was held with Prospect residents Thursday night and Bob Krell, U. S. Forest Ranger stationed at Prospect, was appointed chair man of a committee on the garbage dump problem. The Prospect Lions club is spon soring community action on the dump problem, it was re ported. " Meeting on Monday State department of forest ry officials plan to meet with the Prospect residents again Monday to consider definite steps to be taken regarding forest fire danger from the community dump. Meanwhile, the department officials are considering also the Shady Cove dump although no def inite steps have been taken. At Shady Cove Thursday night a 150 -acre forest fire started from the garbage dump there. The state depart ment of forestry had men at the fire when it was only 1V4 Flames Destroy Mill af Baker Baker BPD - Fire starting from the spark of a welding outfit resulted in a $100,000 loss to the Baker Lumber Mill here Friday night. One man suffered injuries in the blaze. Kenneth McCol lough, an employee of the mill, was working in the building at the time. He said the fire literally "exploded." : McCollough told firemen he was unable to make it to the door: of the building before the flames overtook him. He suffered severe face, arm and back burns. - The blaze which lasted about three hours, was con trolled by Baker' firemen. , KOCH APPEALS DEATH Warsaw - (UPD - D e f e n s e lawyers for convicted Nazi mass-killer Erich Koch have filed a formal appeal against the death sentence given him by a Polish court last March, it . was announced Friday. Koch was charged ; with re sponsibility in the wartime executions of 376,000 Poles and ' Jews in the occupation area of which he was gaulei-ter. acres in size. However, be cause of explosive forest con ditions it spotted small fires three-fourths of a mile ahead of the main blaze. The Prospect dump caught fire last week end and endan gered a stand of nearby tim ber. One member of a fire fighting crew was injured when he fell down a cliff while returning to the guard station. , - 4-H Club News Central Point Cudchewers The Central Point Cud chewers had a potluck supper and a meeting at the home of Carol and Dave Foote on Scenic ave., July 21. The guests were Glen Klein and an -IFFY from Nicaragua, Rena Gurterrig. The members practiced showmanship with the Foote's cows. Sue Higinbotham, Reporter Phoenix Sheep Club The ' Phoenix Sheep club met at the home of the Higgin botham's Wednesday, July 22, with seven members present. We. demonstrated how to care for our sheep and get them ready for the fair. "... Refreshments were served by Mrs. Higginbotham. - The next meeting will be held Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. at Higginbotham's. Margaret Whillock, Reporter " Port Chester, N. Y. - (UPD -Edward F. Watson, 66, a form er executive with the Bell Telephone Laboratories, died Wednesday of a heart attack in Haworth, N. J. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KBOY 730 K.C. HOT CESIUM IN BONES Maebashi, Japan -(UPD- Prof. Noboru Yamagata of Gumma University reported Saturday he had detected slight amounts of radioactive cesium 137 in the bones of IS persons who died between last August and April. 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