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i PROGRAM PART OF CHILD EDUCATION. Physical Education Consid ered Vital Part of School, Teachers Instructed. By Eldon Barrett United Press Staff Correspondent Salem, Ore. (U.PJ If your youngsters should come home from school one of these days and start doing push-ups, curl ups and a kneeling squat jump in the middle of the living room 1 floor, don't be surprised when he tells you it is part of his homework. Thanks to the 1943 legisla ture, Oregon now has a new im proved program of health and physical education that is con' sidered by state department of education officials to be as im portant as how to add two and ' two and how to spell Mississippi And the kneeling squat Jump is just a small part of their pro gram. Required Work All students from first graders to high school seniors enrolled in public schools are required to take the health and physical education instruction as part of their regular school work. How ever, the law does protect those who are unable to comply fully with the program for physical or religious reasons. I Harold A. Bishop, a discharg ed World War II veteran, and Miss Dorothea Moore, physical education instructor at the Uni versity of Oregon, are super visors of the program. Bishop is In charge of the boys part of the physical and health training and Miss Moore is girls super visor. They have been traveling about the state since Sept. 17 teaching teachers about the law and explaining modernized tech niques In physical education and health. These classes for teach ers, called workshops, will be continued until Jan. 22. All elementary school Instruc tors are required to, attend the workshop classes, but only high school teachers connected with physical education and health work must be present. Minor Handicaps So far, educators say, only two things have hampered the , state-wide program. They arej aacK oi gymnasiums ana ibck ot qualified instructors. However, both of these difficulties are minor, they explain. Among the mental studies arel Missing Child ' i (Acme Telephoto) Three-year-old Dickie turn Suden sunbathes atop a rock In creek near family cabin outside Goodyear Bar, Calif., day before he was found miss ing from his home. A six-day search has not revealed any trace of the child and kidnaping Is feared by the socialite parents of the boy. personal hygiene, nutrition, structure and functions of the human body, first aid, diseases, community health and sanita tion and physiology of exercise The physical aspects of the program include studies of the basic skills and movements, in cluding walking, running, jump ing, climbing, throwing, catch ing, striking, lifting, falling rhythm and relaxation. Other studies are in balance, strength, agility, flexibility, endurance, power and speed. So, the next time your young ster wants to do a fish hawk dive from the sofa or a double heel click In the parlor, mothers, just hope Johnny of June will get a good report card, and blame your gray hairs on the state legislators. NEWS MANAGER NAMED London, Nov. 8 (U.R) Ap pointment of Frederick C. Oech sner as European news manager of the United Press was an nounced today by Virgil Pink ley, UP vice president for Europe. CHOLERA APPEARS Chinwangtao, North China, Nov. 8 (U.R) A seventh am phibious force surgeon said to day that suspected cholera and other dread diseases broke out among Chinese troops on Ameri can ships en route to north China. Visiting Here TSgt. and Mrs. W. C. McManus and twin sons, and Mrs. J. B. Bratcher, Kenwood, Calif., are visiting in Medford at the home of the ser geant's sister, Mrs. R. J. Hol brook, and family, route 4, box 15A. Woman Bilked Out Of $650 by Couple Who 'Found' Money Akron, O. (U.R) There's one woman in Akron who is $650 wiser even though she lost the money. Mrs. Marie Sommerville was cashing a check in a downtown bank when a woman near her struck up a conversation. The two walked out of the bank to gether. Suddenly the stranger pointed out a man who had just picked up a purse from the side walk. At first the man was going to split the "find" with the two women. He told them the purse contained $3,000 and he would split it with them if they could show him they had some m-.mey. Mrs. Sommerville hastened back to the bank and withdrew $600. To that she added the $50 she had with her and gave the whole sum to the other two. She saw neither $650 nor the woman again. Frisco Warehouse Damaged by Fire San Francisco, Nov. 8 (U.R) A four alarm fire last night caused an estimated $500,000 damage to trucks and merchan dise at the California-Nevada-Oregon fast freight line ware house. Four firemen were Injured in fighting the flames which des troyed the half-block-long build ing and damaged adjacent struc tures. The firemen were treated for smoke inhalation and bums. Closing tlma foi classified Ads B:3u m Too Late to classify 13:13 p ra TeprtUWJ1 'A ..... ,nUecUn. . k rtlstlr.cUV,ortition - uorone w I 1 There .'AgsS" 3b0.oo tgfi. BURELSON LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR 21 North Central Ave. Phone POLICE OFFICERS HEAR FBI LEADER N ADDRESS HERE Representatives of seven law enforcement agencies attended the semi-annual FBI law enforce ment conference held at the Jackson county courthouse last night. Arrangements for the meeting were made by Sheriff Howard Gault, Chief of Police Clatous McCredie and Special Agent Max Greenstreet of the FBI. Capt. Paul Parson of the Oregon state police and repre sentatives of his de p a r t m e n t from Medford and Grants Pass were among those present. J. E. Thornton, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oregon, summarized activities of law en forcement officers during the war period particularly in hand ling of espionage, sabatoge and other matters pertaining to the internal security of the country. In speaking on the subject of post-war crimes, Thornton said that each year since outbreak of war there has been a constant in crease in the number of persons arrested and that there are signs of return to gangsterism. Special Agent R. C. Vogel talked on Detection of Decep tion, during the course of which he reviewed the history of the subject. Special Agent Howard W. Pat terson discussed the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act and hit and run accident investigations. Auto thefts have increased 4.6 per cent in the United States for the first half of 1945, Patter son said. An address by Senator Earl Newbry will welcome the vet erans and thank them for their part in the war. It is planned to have a special section for those in uniform and for those who have been discharged from the service. BIRTHS YARK To Pvt. and Mrs. Haskell, 231 W. Fifth, Nov. 7, 1945, a boy, 7 pounds, at Com munity hospital. OLINGHOUSE To Mr. and Mrs. Frank E., Trail, Nov. 8, 1945, a boy, 8 pounds, at Com munity hospital. Dial telephone service has been Installed In San Juan, Puerto Rico, at a cost of about $2,500,000. More than 12,000 new automatic phones now are in use. TWO TAKEN TO PRISON FROM JACKSON COUNTY Leroy Fleming and Oris R. Key, each sentenced to two years in state prison, were taken to Salem last night. Fleming plead guilty to auto theft and Key to issuance of spurious checks. Both are natives of Oklahoma. WEATHER Northern California: Partly cloudy with occasional rain in extreme north portion today and in all sections tonight or Friday. Not quite so cold to night. Gentle westerly wind off coast becoming fresh southerly above San Francisco tonight. 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