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le"! Bovte is counted among
most practical politicians in
t United States
M the late boss Thomas
fC rVa't ofkansasCity who
.nt to prison about 10 years ago
nd tod i" ame and disgrace.
and,i., was convicted on
F"a;.? cheating the govern-
cn"B" - .BS i. income
v more than that ever
was proved in court.
Bovle rose from police clerk to
ooUce lieutenant in the organiza
Uw created by Old Tom. Mayor
Brvce B. Smith then named Boyle
'aantS
;,nMeutor m m. His
mntinued to improve when
; recommended to Sen,
Harry S. Truman of Missouri as
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'lefeRoce. Price $6.00
New Home Cos!
Change Doubled
By United Press
Prices for new homes in small
cities will show little change in
the foreseeable future, contractors
said Tuesday.
This was the consensus in a
survey of building costs in 21
gave up the secretaryship for a I towns within the 10,000 to 25.000
as .an Investigator for the wartime
Truman Committee, Boyle got the
job.
At that time, Mr. Truman s sec
retary was Harry H. Vaughan, a
years-long crony and world War
I comrade in arms. When Vaughan
spectacular new military career,
Boyle became secretary to the
senator from Missouri.
In 1944, when Mr. Truman
was a candidate for vice-president,
Boyle was named execu
tive assistant to Chairman Rob
ert E, Hannegan of the Demo
cratic National Committee.
Boyle was closely associated
with Mr, Truman In that cam
paign. Upon Mr. Truman's elec
tion, Boyle opened a law office
here.
Four years later, Boyle again
was advising Mr. Truman. He is
credited with some of the strategy
which paid off in the President's
triumph last November. That led
Boyle finally to the national com
mittee chairmanship and a po
sition of great power in this coun
try.
population bracket.
The spot check, indicated that
prices vary largely because of lo
cal conditions, but that in general
they follow the trend of building
costs in bigger cities.
For the 21 towns, the average
price of a five-room fram house,
without a lot, was $8957. A pre
vious survey of larger cities put
the average price at $9090.
The highest average price re
ported in the small city survey
was $12,000. by contractors at
Waukesha, Wis., and Annapolis,
Md. The lowest was $7000, at
Belleville, 111., and in Southern
California towns.
At the two extremes, both
Belleville and Waukesha are
Midwestern industrial towns, near
the larger centers- of St. Louis
and Milwaukee with populations
exceeding 20,000.
Some contractors believed
News Article 1
Saves Lives
ALEXANDRIA, Va. 0IR
Two small girls owe their lives
to Mrs. Richard Mason's careful
reading of the newspaper.
Tucked away on an inside
page of the Washington Times
Herald, the Alexandria housewife
noticed a wire dispatch describ
ing how a three-year-o'.d Fresno,
Cal., boy was found in a compart
ment of an old icebox behind his
home.
When Margaret Gordman, 5,
and Cheryl Sumption, 4, were re
ported missing from her neighbor
hood a few minutes later, the
' npvunanpr e tnr v (mmiHiatlv
flashed into Mrs. Mason's mind.
Artinp nn what ho saiH wne
a "pure hunch," she decided to I
check two abandoned iceboxes
behind a nearby veterans' hous
ing project. Inside one of the
boxes, unconscious and near
death, were the two little girls.
Mrs. Mason immediately sum
moned two firemen who lived in
the neighborhood and they ad
ministered artificial respiration
until an ambulance could take the
children to a hospital.
ReRister-Gunrd, EiiRcne. Ore.. Wed., Sept. 21. 1949. Page IB
It is not likely that there will : prices might go still higher, while
be any reference to old Tom at
the homecoming jarty in the city
where ne used to be the boss,
Peppermint Harvest
To Reach New Peak
CORVALLIS P Oregon's
peppermint oil harvest will top
600,000 pounds for the first time
in its history, the Extension Serv
ice of Oregon State College re
ports. .
The state will produce about 40
per cent of the national total.
Producing states which trail Ore
gon are, in order, Indiana, Wash
ington and Michigan.
In 1933 Oregon planted 900
acres to peppermint. This year's
acreage is 14,500.
others said there might be slight
reductions. None foresaw any ap
preciable change, believing that
costs have stabilized at their
present peaks.
Would You Pay
A Dime For A
DOLLAR?
SHOP
Paramount Clothing.
Exchange
FOR GREATER VALUES.
2008 Main, Spfld. Fh. 7-3520
Fire Losses
Rise in U.S.
The estimated fire loss in the
At Belleville, contractors said United States rturinc Aiicust was
the principal saving in small city '$50,150,000, representing a 1.1 per
construction is in lower labor 'rent increase over the .Tulv to-
uusis. dui in weorasKa, small city
home-builders said these savings
often are balanced by higher ma
terial costs, due to less competi
tion among suppliers.
Southern California contractors
said they anticipate a slight in
crease due to greater building ac
tivity. In Aberdeen, Wash., contractors
said only a two per cent drop is
in prospect at best. Prices there
already are down slightly from a
few months ago.
Wheel Chair Traveler
Rolls in New York
NEW YORK (U.PJ William
C. Lebow, 43-year-old polio vic
tim of Clovis, N. M., rolled into
New York this week on a wheel
chair in which he crossed the
country in six months and 16
days.
Lebow, a hotel clerk, said he
"just took off down the highway"
from his home Mar. 4 and pushed
himself along the entire distance
of about 2450 miles with arm
power, except for a five-mile
hitchhike in a car during a driv
ing rainstorm.
bi : ;
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Hj- Booksellers & Stationers
B 884 Willamette Phone 5-3121
tal and a 1.2 per cent increase
over the total for August, 1948,
according to the National Board
of Fire Underwriters.
August was the first month of
the year during which the fire
loss was greater than the loss
for the same month of 1948.
Total losses for the first eight
months of 1949 are estimated at
$448,549,000. This is 7.9 per cent
less than losses for the same, pe
riod last year.
For the 12 month period end'
ing August 31, 1949, losses
amounted to an estimated $672,
685,000. This is a decline of 5.2
per cent from losses of $709,621,
000 for the 12 months ending
August 31, 1948.
These reported losses under fire
insurance policies include an al
lowance for uninsured and unre
ported losses.
City Students
Win Honors
Fourteen students from Eugene
placed high on honor rolls at
Oregon State College of Educa.
tlon during summer term. Named
to the first honor list were Gene
vieve Barham, Ruby Dunn and
Louise Ogden, ......
Named on the second honors
list were June Amundson, lone
Farmer, Bernice Ganoe, Marcu
Gothe, Kathleen Long, Isa belle
Lowry, John Miller, Violet Mor
tensen, Jack Morton, Jackie New.
burn, Kirkman Robinson.
First list students must have
a grade point average of 3.5 with
a study load of at least ten term
hours. Second list students must
have a grade point average of
at least 3.0.
ELECTRIC DEFENSE
SEATTLE (U.W Park de.
partment engineers are consid.
ering electrifying statues of civic
leaders to discourage pigeons
from roosting there.
II (01 Win una f at....
."TWfosWw Cor.fr. Year" .
oor Custom V- Ford Sedans,
quipped with Radio, "Magic
Alt Huter, Overdrive, and
3Kwall Tim.
Ml H last Ueeer (OpKoaaO
0wral Duty Model F-5, V-
"Jin. .tak, bodyr iss-inch
whelbat Fnin t....l.
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2s moo us.
Savings Bonos
footoo U.
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Drive to my Ford Dealer dis
playing poster shown above.
Get a Free Car-SVety'Check,
Free Safety Insignia and Free
Entry Blank. .
. f5 In 50 words or less on entry
blank finish this statement:
"All cars and trucks shoo Id ba
safely checked periodically be-
HP
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(a) Use only official entry
blink obtained from Ford
Dealers. Print name and ad
dress clearfy.
(b) Contest limited to con
tinental U. S. and Alaska.
(e) Prizes awarded on the
basis of sincerity, originality
and aptaess. Judges' deci
sions are final. Duplicate
prizes in case of ties. Entries
must be submitted in the
name of the registered owner
or his designs ted represent
ative. Only one entry per
Her' w w ccir Htl yew car r tntk
(ne matter what the make)
MAKES . STEHtMO . UOHH TIRES . WMDSHtB.0 WIKIS HUtttB
HCWN . REAR VIEW MIRROR . OTHER SAFSTT fACTOW
MOT M AND CtT THIS ATTRACT VI
RBUCTOft M9GMA,
Mail entry before midnight,
October 31 to Ford Car-Safety
Contest Headquarters, Box 722,
Chicago 77, Illinois.
ear or truck may be con
sidered. All entries become
the property of Ford Motor
Company. Contest subject
to Federal, State and local
regulations and to contest
rules on entry blank.
(d) Winners' names will be
posted at all Ford Dealers',
not later than Dec 1, 1949.
() Contest is open to all
residents of U. S. except em
ployees of Ford Motor Co,
Ford Dealers, their advertis
ing agencies or their familiea.
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You want to b warm and com
fortable this winter. You want to
eccompliah this at economically as
possible. THAT'S what we'U talk
about when you come in to see the
new Snack Oil Heaters.
KENDALL MOTOR COMPANY
1471
"FORD SQUARE"
(Where Olive Cronet 13th)
Eugene. Ore.
rtNlUTODAY! CONTEST CLOSES OCT -31
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SPARK
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516 Main J Springfield
Year Doctor's
Prescriptions
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EASIEST TERMS. SPECIAL!
REG. 17 JO Ladies 1 Carat
ZIRCON RING
Sta this heavtn- ELi7 77
ly blui ilrctm A7 I I
it in I OK gold
mounting at
Waiifiald'il
NO MONEY DOWNI
5-DIAM0ND
WEDDING BAND
UK gold circlet
set with 5 per
feet diampndil
Shop Weisfieldil
NO MONEY
DOWN
19
95
Special! Massive
ONYX RING
Jet onyx
rt Into heavy
10k fold mount-
Ins! Buy Well
field's!
12
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Reg. 5.95 Man's Stretch
WATCH BANDS
Popular type man's watch bracelet. Made from
(tain lest steel with gold or silver finish. Shop Weis
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1
77
Each
Values to 5.95
Tailored and Stone Set
PIERCED EARRINGS
NO
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DOWN
99
In tlylei Includlnr hoopi, cameos,
drop stones and ethere In 10k.
(.old and Rtertlnc Silver Well
field's surfeit you come In early)
Reg. 1.98 lvey in,p,ted
Genuine Shell Cameo
Your Choice
99'
USE YOUR CREDIT
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mroi reflecting the
cnarm or oiti iiaiy
Home pearl hnrder
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with tlnv JewrU In
fold colored
fraved and flltfree
frames. W el ill eld
pricea:
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Now
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Creamy pearls at
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Pays t5e Week
Ref. 750
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Cups and f "'jlSSgu." 1
Saucers
MV?
Now
WeltftflfJ quality.
Welifleld priced:
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STERLING SILVER
INDIVIDUAL
foo SALT AND
pknt PEPPERS
SPECIALI 2 pfllR i 49
Wetsfield'i save you precious dollars . .
Imagine sterling shaken for this low price!
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Plus
Fed.
Taj
Reg. 7.50
Silverplaled
3-Piece Set
Sugar and Creamer Set
!95
Glramlnr sllverplate . . . what lovely pieces
to lend finance to your table aettlnns!
Heavy sllverplate on - copper base with
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