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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1950)
. (Acme Tcltphotol FATAL Body of Donald L. Schaeffer. 18, ot Nashotah, Wis., lies near lamppost on Rlverslde-dr, uprooted when the car he was driving struck It and overturned In New York. Schaeffer's companion, William Jus tice, 18, of Falmouth, Ky., was uninjured and Is being held on a grand larceny charge, as the car was reported stolen In Trenton, N. J. Both were sailors from the, U.S. 8. Sabine at Brooklyn Navy Yard. County Grange Heads Meet State Leaders ' Six State Grange officers met with representatives from Jack son county Granges in Central Point Grange hall this week, in a conference held for the pur pose of instructing new officers and members in latest Grange policies and administration. Instructing during the after noon and evening sessions were Martin B. Tompkins, Dayton, state grange master; Mrs. K. Ethel Lathrop, home economics; Mrs. Helen Roberts, juvenile gupperintendent; Miss Bertha J. Beck, secretary; William G. Howes, Medford, state deputy; and Mrs. Beulah Moore, state lecturer. Local problems and procedures were also discussed. About 180 persons attended the meet. A child's opinion of himself is derived from the parents' atti tude toward him. fAcm Telephoto) CLAIMS CITIZENSHIP - Red- haired and sporting a Christian 'name. Morris Hardy Emerson ' above), 18, has filed claim for D. S. citizenship at the U. S. Con sulate in Yokohoma, Japan. He claims that a wet-nurse brought him to Japan on the death of hii parents. Mr. and Mrs. William R Emerson, formerly of San Fran cisco. Morris said he lost track of the wet-nurse when she wat arrested by the Japanese Secret Police hi 1942. No action hat been taken on his case. Directory Of Timber Industry Published Portland, Jan. 12. A direc tory of the forest products in dustry of western North America has been released for distribu tion by The Timberman. an in ternational lumber journal pub lished here, the magazine an nounced today. The 1950 edition of the directory is the most com plete such compilation ever pub lished, listing more than 9,500 companies, their addresses, prin cipal equipment and key per sonnel, and including a separate listing of more than 12,000 in dividuals and their business titles. The magazine, in announcing the directory's publication, said that it will be of particular inter est to equipment manufacturers serving all segments of the forest products industry, to industrial advertising agencies, school and public libraries, and to the in dustry itself. The main listings include basic production organizations such as sawmill, logging, shingle, ply wood and veneer, box lactones, pulp and paper mills and wood preserving plants; wood products plants of all types, wholesale and distribution organizations, trade associations and forestry organi zations. Juniors Plan Work In March Of Dimes Drive At all classes of Bliss Heine's Juniors Saturday, final details will be given and selections made for participation in the March of Dimes shows. It is im portant that all members be present, Heine said. Lt. Col. Ktista Stelle, 1st Lt. Marlene Golden and Sergeants Deanna Cuthbertson and Patricia Rector and Bliss Heine took part on a program at Camp White Monday and were on the pro gram at the installation of of ficers of the Knights of Pythias and Pythian sisters in Medford. The same group will take part Tuesday on a program at the Knights of Pythias at Grants Pass. DOESN'T LIKE COPS Detroit !U.R) Apparently Wil listeen Robinson doesn't care for policemen. Two patrolmen re ported that he attacked their patrol car with a club, leaving the headlights hanging by wires, smashed windows, a crumpled door, and dents in the entire body. 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Currency Tops With $25 Billions In Gold In Storage Washington (U.R One hun dred years ago California and the world echoed to the cry of "gold." But long before the American discovery at Sutter's mill men had fought and had schemed to get gold and keep it. Indestructible by heat, mois ture or corrosive action, found in virtually every corner of the globe, gold for ages has been a standard of value. Today the fascination of gold is still unchallenged, although metals are far scantier arid val ued even more highly. Not its scarcity, but its very indestruc tability and fairly general avail ability have lifted gold to its eminence. But in the ages gold has been knowh and used, no nation ever piled up anything comparable to the 700,000,000 ounces owned by the United States and priced at nearly $25,000,000,000. Started in 1934 The United States started on its way to being the world's champion gold owner in Janu ary, 1934, when the treasury buying price for newly-mined gold was raised to $35 and ounce from $20.67. At the same time gold was de monetized and it became illegal for Americans to use gold coins or keep possession of currency redeemable in gold. A whole generation of Americans since has grown up without a glimpse of those $5 and $10 gold pieces indulgent relatives sometimes handed out at Christmas. The greatest gold hoard in his tory, held by the United States at Ft. Knox, Ky., in the mints, and the assay offices, has made the American dollar king of the market-place Since business men every where know the United States owns about 60 per cent of the world's gold, the dollar finds ready acceptance. Questions Raised Many experts insist the United States should be returned to a free circulation of gold inter nally, but others believe that prohibiting gold ownership is the best way to prevent gold hoarding panics. Women Adopt Tweeds For Many Occasions; Types Are Explained New York (U.R) Amercian women are getting as tweed-conscious as their husbands. Chances are that before the current season is over the wom en will be able to give their husbands some helpful hints on buying and caring for the tweeds they've been wearing for sporty occasions for years. The difference between a Don egal tweed and a Harris tweed, for instance, is one little-known fact that the average woman could tell her tweed-wearing husband. A real Harris tweed has noth ing to do with the name of a firm or a man. It comes from Harris Island, where the tweeds are hand-woven. For centuries the people of this island, one of the two large islands in the Outer Hebrides, have carded, spun, woven and dyed the wool tweed. Smoky grays, greens and browns are the most character istic Harris tweed colors. Real Donegal ' A real Donegal tweed is a soft, light weight tweed made from nubby yarn, with tiny white blue, green and red nubs at ir regular intervals in the fabric. The name comes from a moun tain section in Northern Ireland, where the true Donegal tweed is woven. It can be a close weave, or loosely woven of large, soft yarn. Any shopper interested in Donegal tweed should remem ber that there also is very fine Donegal-type tweed on the mar ket. It's similar in appearance, but made from wool grown in all parts of the world. Shetland cloth, another popu lar tweed, is a soft, loose weave, light weight and with a silky finish. Shetland cloth - comes from a halfwild animal more like a goat than a sheep which lives In the Shetland Islands just north of Ireland. - There are tweeds of weights and weaves to fit almost all coat, suit and dress needs. The weights range from seven and one-half ounces to 18 ounces a yard. Unlike their husbands, worn en can turn twcod into a dress up outfit this season by com bining it with velvet. Or, like Hattie Carnegie, they can add rhinestone buttons to the jacket of a dress-up tweed suit for town wear. Good tweeds seem to have an almost indefinite life, if proper ly cared for. Tweed fabric shouldn't be pressed too often. It tends to mat down the tex ture, at least temporarily. If it's allowed to hang in the closet for 24 hours between wearings. wool's natural resilience will cause it to spring back into shape. CAREFUL BUT FORGETFUL York. Neb. (U.R) They're telling the story around the court house here about the county official who carefully started his automobile motor and let it warm up adequately before venturing out Into the frigid winter aid. Then, he back ed his car out of the garage, right through the garage doors which he hadn't opened. STARTED YOUNG Atlanta U.R Billle Flana gan apparently started young as a farmhand. He advertised in the Georgia farm market bulle tin's help wanted column: "Want : job on farm, 20 years expert- i ence. Can milk cows, feed nogs ' and chickens and do general farm work. Single. 21 years SJ. A t' Si 1L A. 7 jJr-: v sp? (Acme Telephotot UNSCHEDULED STOP11 persons were slightly Injured when this city bus crashed into a service station at Houston, Tex. The bus sideswlped one car, ciushed another, smashed the gas pumps and knocked out a pillar supporting the station's canopy, which came to rest atop the bus. Man Maddened By Divorce Slays Five Hammond, Ind., Jan. 12 (U.R) Felix Samas, 27, apparently mad dened by an impending divorce, shot or stabbed to death his wife, two children and another cou ple today. Then he set fire to his home and killed himself. Firemen and police found the victims of the wholesale murder and suicide In the blood-spattered, burning home. A .22 caliber pistol and a knife lay by Samas' side. A telephone .book was open to the listings of funeral homes. The dead, in addition to Sam as, were his wife, Katherine. 24, from whom he had been estran ged since before Christmas; their children, Felix Jr.. 4, and Phyl lis, 18 months; and Richard Nor man, 26, and his wife, Shirley, 18, who had been living with Mrs. Samas. Life expectancy of wild sheep is 12 years. Ford Building 10 Cars For White House Detroit, Mich., Jan. 12 (U.R) Ford Motor Company is con structing 10 special Lincoln lim ousines for the White House. . Spokesmen at Ford's Lincoln- Mercury division said the order was for nine seven-passenger cosmopolitan limousines and seven-passenger convertible. One limousine and the con vertible will have special run ning boards for secret service men guarding President Truman, the announcement said. The limousines will have 145- inch wheelbases with driver's compartments separated from the passengers by a glass parti tion. Special fittings include a rear compartment radio tor Mr, Truman. The cars are being built by an outside custom body builder un der supervision ot Ford encin eers who designed the automo- ones, me announcement sum. Thursday, January 12, 1950 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Preliminary Work On 1950 Census To Begin Shortly Eugene, Jan. 12. Preliminary work on the 1050 census will begin immediately, it was an nounced today by Ray M. Fevcs, district supervisor of the bureau of the census here, with actual counting to begin m April. The preliminary work includes organization of the newly estab lished district office in the ar mory here, setting up publicity procedures, interview applicants for jobs, and later training office clerks, field crew leaders and enumerators. Seven Counties Feves recently returned after attending an administrative train ing school at Seattle. Territory under his jurisdiction includes Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane and Linn coun ties. About 325 enumerators will be employed in this area. Local people will be employed in each area as enumerators, Fcves said, and he will visit each county to interview applicants. Dates of his visits will be an nounced later, he said. Too Much Nagging; Man Murders Spouse Pittston, Pa., Jan. 12 (U.R) Mild-mannered Frank Wyckoff. a 79-year-old grandfather, said today he was sorry he bludgeon ed his wife of 52 years to death but he "couldn't stand her nag ging any longer." "She kept nagging me and nagging me about every little thing around the house," police quoted him as saying. "Anything I did was wrong." "I'm sorry it happened," he told detectives. "I m sorry I didn't die myself." Wyckoff admitted, according to police, that he killed his wife, Belinda, 77, Tuesday morning by crushing her skull with a heavy iron furnace shaker and then plunged a long kitchen knife into his chest four times "with my own hand." The retired railroad conductor, still in critical condition at Pittston hospital, will be charg ed with murder if he recovers, police said. JOE KNOWS ONIONS Flint, Mich. (U.R) The judge scratched his head when Joe Raitsa preferred five days In jail to a $5 fine for overparklng. But Joe didn't hesitate in making his choice. The judge didn't know Joe already was in jail awaiting trial for burglary. GO EAT ELSEWHERE Elizabcthttown, 111. (U.R)--Judge Charles Randolph ordered Rad Brookmeyer released from the county jail, where he was held for contempt of court. The judge explained, "He's eating his head off and the county's, too." mm i. , . Here's your "Lucky Number" by BETTY BARCLAY The kind of a frock you just can't do without . . . for you'll want the flattery of its all-over shirred bodice , . . the delightful swish of its new tiered skirt! In silky .Sanforized cotton broadcloth and the rich deep shades of navy, toast, dark green or plum. Sizes 9 to 15. $8-95 (As seen in January Seventeen) EVAN'S SPORT SHOP 6th and Central Medford, Oregon END 0' -WE EKS fecials! At CIHIAIPBaAEJ'S Men's 17 Jewel Shockproof Watches Full Guaranty lular $39.75 Special Price $29,75 Ladies' Quality Watches Full Guaranty Regular $37.50 .... .. Special Price $19. Silver Plated Water Pitchers Regular $7.95 . ... Special Price $3. Men's Tie Holders Regular $1.80 Special Price 8 c DeLuxe Marco Aluminum Ware 1 1 Pieces CHICKEN FRYER CANNER PERCOLATOR 1 QT. SAUCE PAN 2 QT. SAUCE PAN DOUBLE BOILER Heavy Gauge Bakelite Handles 50c DOWN V.'EEK REGULAR $24.95 Special Price S-n595 u USE YOUR CREDIT $1.00 Down - $1.00 Week On Chapman's Approved Terms CHAPMAN JEWELERS 109 East Main Street Medford - Phone 2-5623 it old." VjL 2, S
