Angles On How To
Get Job As Census
Taker Explained
Washington, Jan. 17 (U.PJ
tr ' ' - 1- . . I n
rvani io oe a census-iaKer:
Sturdy legs, tact and a high
school education will help you
get a job. Being a democrat won't
hurt.
You'll have to go to training
school. If you pass a test, you
may be one of 140,000 who will
start nose-counting in the 1950
census on April 1.
Av.rag $819 Per Day
The pay will be as little as 7
cents a person for an interview,
but the average will be $8 or $9
a day during the two to six
weeks of employment.
If you ever breathe a word
confided in interviews as for
instance the answer to that con
troversial income question the
penalty could be two years in jail
and a $2,000 fine.
You may be asked to baby-sit,
or settle family arguments.
You're almost sure to be chased
by dogs. Doors will be slammed
in your face. But you will have
to ring the bell again, and ex
plain patiently that the law re
quires all census questions be
answered.
Still want the job?
nnnlir.attnn with VOL1T
rue an "HI"" ,V" T'e
district census bureau office. U s
not on the application juriu, uu
the "right" politics, in this case
being a democrat, will be an im
portant qualification.
If the district supervisor thinks
you a likely candidate, you will
be given an intelligence test,
dealing with simple arithmetic
problems and map-reading
among other things.
If you're selected, you'll be in
a class room by the last week in
March. In city areas, the classes
will go on four hours a day for
four days. In small areas, 24
hours of instruction will be
spread over six days. The pay is
a flat $16 for the training period.
There'll be lectures and mov
ies on how to dress, how to per
suade suspicious house-holders to
answer questions, and how to asK
a woman's age. .
A final test will decide wheth
er you're fit to be an official enu
merator for the 17th decennial
census.
Stubborn Gas Well
Fire Extinguishes Self
Elk City, Okla., Jan. "-J
A stubborn gas well fire, flam
ing for six days despite the ef
forts of professional firefighters,
went out of its own accord today.
The blaze at Shell Oil com
pany's Reynolds-Hubbard, No. ,1
well in the rich Elk City oil
field, died at 7:13 a.m., only a
few hours before a crew of oil
well fire fighters was scheduled
for the second time to blast it out
of existence. ,
There was no official explana
tion immediately for the self
extinguishing of the fire.
Philippine President
Undergoes Surgery
Baltomore, Md., Jan. 17 U.P.)
President Elpidio Quirino of the
Philippines was operated on to
day at Johns Hopkins hospital
for removal of a kidney stone.
Results of the operation and
the condition of the 59-year-old
Quirino were not disclosed Im
mediately. Quirino entered the hospital
last Tuesday.
Shoplifting On Downgrade;
Store Arrests Show Boost
Chicago, Jan. 17 U.PJ Shop
lifting is one type of crime that
is on the downgrade, a veteran
store detective said today.
Arrests are on the increase but
the "take" in stolen items is on
the decrease, said Detective Oren
Edwards, head of the House Pro
tection bureau of one of the
country's largest department
stores (Marshall Field & com
pany). Fear Chief Factor
Fear of arrest is the chief fac
tor in the decrease, he said.
"All the large stores now have
protection services that work di
rectly with the police depart
ment," he said, "and most people
know that."
, Many potential - "amateur"
shoplifters as a result probably
are discouraged before they get
involved, he said. Most of the
"professionals" or "repeaters"
areo well known they're watch
ed f,rom the moment they enter
the store.
Edwards said he "very rarely"
runs into a case of "true klepio-
Defense Rests In
Alger Hiss Hearing
New York, Jan. 17 U.R The
defense rested today at the sec
ond Alger Hiss perjury trial.
Chief Defense Attorney Claude
B. Cross, announced at 1 p.m.
that "the defense has concluded
its evidence."
He reserved the right, how
ever, to call one more direct tes
timony witness "at a latter time
to testify on a single point," if
he found it necessary.
The defense rested on the 36th
court day of the trial. It had
called 54 witnesses. The last was
Clark M. Eichclberger, director
of the American Association for
the United Nations. He testified
that Hiss' reputation for loyalty,
integrity, and veracity was "excellent."
Bond Redemptions In
County Exceed Sales
United States treasury bond
sales in Jackson county during
December totaled .$73,318, com
pared with redemptions of $117,
597, it was reported today by the
bonds division of the treasury.
The sales figure was an increase
of $2,494 over the sales in De
cember 1948.
Total sales during 1949 in the
county were $1,223,739, com
pared to redemptions of $1,510,
702. The statewide sales figure in
December was $4,285,324, com
pared to redemptions of $3,898,
983, while the year's total sales
were $48,919,942, compared to
redemptions of $48,020,006.
Jessup Will Confer
With Chiang Kai-shek
Taipeh, Formosa, Jan. 17 (U.R)
Dr. Philip C. Jessup, America's
rovine ambassador, will confer
for two hours today with Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-snek on
the problem of communism in
the Far East.
The meeting will take dace
this afternoon at Chiang's grass
mountain retreat in the hills
above Taipeh, where Madame
Chiang arrived Friday after a 13
months' visit in the United
States.
Tuesday, January 17. 1950
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
mania," although many women
claim to be kleptomaniacs and
say they take things because
they can't help It.
Most Are Women
Most all shoplifters are wom
en, he estimated. They fall into
several classes.
"There is no 'shoplifting type'
any more than there is a special
criminal type," Edwards said.
"They look just like you and
me."
Few ever take anything they
need or even can use,' he said.
The juveniles are an excep
tion. They sometimes take arti
cles that they want but their par
ents have refused to buy for
them.
Juveniles often work in groups
of two or three, he said. Adults
more often work alone.
"The juveniles frequently act
as if they think they've done
something smart," he said. "They
don't seem to know they've done
anything wrong, because they
say their friends do it. They
come from nice homes, too."
No Apparent Motive
Women usually take things
they would never use, he said
often with no apparent motive.
Edwards said they seem often to
be "emotionally disturbed" or
"confused."
Others steal because they need
or want money. Very few first
offenders fall in this category, he
said. Mostly it's the "profession
als" and sometimes drug addicts
who can't get jobs and need the
money for more drugs.
Edwards said the bureau offi
cials use their "judgment and ex
perience" in deciding what to do
with a first offender. If the indi
vidual seems likely to become a
repeater, they have him arrested
and booked. If he seems honest,
and apparently has learned his
lesson, he may be freed with a
warning.
System Works Well
The system works pretty well.
Edwards said Not many of those
who are warned come back .
Edwards said the number of
arrests for shoplifting has gone
up, but he said the increase is be
cause more offenders are being
apprehended. ,
He said the drop in the amount
of shoplifting being done these
days is indicated by a "consider
able" decrease in "shrinkage,"
or the amount of store goods lost
through theft in recent years.
Five Persons Perish
fn Submerged Auto
Port Arthur, Tex., Jan. 17
(U.R) Five persons died in their
submerged car last nieht after it
plunged through a bridge railing
and sank in a bayou stream 20
miles south of here.
Patrolmen theorized the driv
er lost control of the car just be
fore it smashed through the
wooden railing.
Bearing Burned Out In
Bonneville Generator
Bonneville, Ore., Jan. 17
!U.R) One of Bonneville's huge
generators was out of commis
sion today because of a burned
out bearing, but repair crews j
hoped to have it running again
by late afternoon.
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