FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, February I, 1150
Grading, Graveling Projects Approved
By City Councilmen, Others Delayed
City councilmen approved two
street grading ana graveling pro
jects, reerred three others to
committee, pigeon-holed another
and voted a change of policy In
grading work, during an action
packed meeting lust night.
Grading and graveling of Mon
roe street between Holly and Fir
streets and Grant avenue be
tween Belmont and Stewart ave
nues was authorized after hear
ing. Proposals for similar work on
Woodlawn drive between Kcene
Way and Highland drives, on
Wilson Place between Eastwood
and Keene Way drives and in
Block 4, Medford Heights addi
tion, were referred to the streets
and roads committee and city
engineer.
Work Postponed
The council voted to file a pe
tition for grading and graveling
on Barneburg road until there Is
further action from abutting
' property owners. Only one own
er paid in money for the work
Widow, 88, On Trial
For Theft Of Butter
Oakland. Cul., Feb. 8 (U.R
Mrs. Margie Russell, an 88-year-old
widow, goes on trial today
on a charge of stealing two cubes
of butler worth 38 cents from a
supermarket.
Ruuert Crittenden, who volun
teered to act as attorney for the
half-blind and nearly deaf old
lady, said he will ask for a Jury
trial.
Mrs. Russell pleaded innocent
to the petty theft charge. If con
victed, she could be fined $500
nnd sentenced to six months In
jail.
"Grandma," as her jailmates
nicknamed her, was arrested last
December IS by a store detective
who said he caught her slipping
two cubes of butter from the
grocery store Icebox into her
shopping bag.
The detective, Carl Becker,
said he signed a complaint
against her because she "got in
dignant" and refused to sign a
confession, a formality the store
requires to avoid suits for false
arrest.
Mrs. Russell spent four days in
jail before her middle-aged son
bailed her out. She said she was
"real mad over all this fuss."
America May Send
More Men To Hawaii
Honolulu, T. H., Feb. 8 (U.B
The United States may send
more troops to Hawaii after the
American occupation of Japan
ends, according to Gen. Omar
Bradley, chairman of the U. S
joint chiefs of staff.
Bradley, who is touring U. S
Pacific defense Installations,
made the statement in a 10-min-
ute extemporaneous speech be
fore 700 members of the Hono
lulu Chamber of Commerce.
He said he "hoped" to add
additional units to the 8,000
troops now here but could make
no commitment at the present
time. He also remarked that the
United Stales faced great re
sponsibilities throughout the
world.
McMinnville Girl
DAR Oregon Pilgrim
Salem. Ore., Feb. 8 (U.R)
Mary Bonnctte, a senior in Mc
Minnville high school, was chos
en as DAR Oregon pilgrim in
drawing held in the office of
Gov. Douglas McKay Tuesday.
Miss Bennetle, who was spon
sored by the Yamhill chapter of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution, is one of 40 pilgrims
chosen In the United States. She
will receive a $100 government
bond from the national society.
Candidates for the drawing
were chosen in each high school
on a basis of dependability, serv
ice, leadership and patriotism.
GOING TOLONDON
Tucson. Aril;., Feb. 8 (U.R)
Ambassador to Britain Lewis
Douglas, recuperating from a leg
operation, said torinv he will re
turn to London in March after
a month's vacation at his ranch
near here.
although conditions are bad,
councilmen reported. They will
return tiie one owner his money.
A petition for installation of
curbs and gutters on Lindley
street between Queen Anne and
Reddy avenues was also handea
to the committee and engineer.
On recommendation of City
Superintendent Vernon Thorpe
and the streets and roads com
mittee, the council decided no
longer to authorize grading and
excavating free of charge to
property owners for opening
streets or In preparation for im
provements. Projects already ap
proved are excepted. Streets will
be scraped and maintained as
usual, however, it was brought
out.
Not enough money is available
from stale gasoline tax funds for
gratis grading and excavating,
councilmen pointed out.
Temporary Measure
To prevent misunderstanding,
persons applying for dust palli-
atlve on their streets will hence-!
forth be advised that the oiling is
only a temporary measure, coun
cilmen said. They stated that a
number of citizens have paid for
the work, thinking the palliative
would be permanent like paving.
February 21 was set as hearing
date for proposed sewer instal
lations in Block a, ttose r-ar aa
dition; in Block 4, Walnut Park
addition; on Wilson Place be
tween Keene Way and Eastwood
drives; oil Eastwood between
Keene Way drive and Wilson
Place and on Newtown street be
tween Belmont and Stewart ave
nues. A hearing was set for March
21 on vacation of an alley In
block 72, original town.
Bids Open.d
Bids were opened on construc
tion of a water main on With
ington street between Hamilton
and Plum streets. They were re
ferred to Water Superintendent
Robert Duff for tabulation and
report. The offers were Sch'iffel
and Gilman, $1,881.6$; Coast
Construction and Engineering
company, $2,033.80, and W. H.
Conrad, $2,028.
The $2,495 bid of Stanley G.
Parrish to erect a park storage
and shop building and the swim
ming pool building chimney was
accepted. He was the lone bid
der. The storage structure- will
be built under the East Main
street bridge.
Councilmen were informed
that new lights in Bear Creek
park were now operating and
they authorized the turning on
of lights In the park area on
Glen Oak court. Lights Installed
In both park areas were formerly
on Sixth street. Twenly-nine
were placed in Bear Creek park.
The park committee was auth
orized to ask for bids on putting
in the underwater and flood
lighting and machinery room
lighting at the swimming pool,
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Circles Doubtful Over
Welcome For Duchess
London, Feb. 8 (U.R) Court
circles were skeptical today of
reports that Queen Mother Mao
had decided after 13 years to
welcome' the duchess of Wind
sor to England.
They said the old queen never I limited, he said, and suggested
that stamp collectors make their
purchases soon before they are
all gone.
FILES CANDIDACY
Salem, Ore., Feb. 8 (U.R)
Raymond C. Coulter of Grants
Pass filed his candidacy here
Tuesday for state representative
from Josephine county. He will
seek the republican nomination
at the May 19 primary election.
Commemorative Stamp
Arrives At Post Office
The Samuel Gompers three
cent commemorative stamp is
now on sale at the Medford post
office and at the sub-station on
South Central avenue, Acting
Postmaster Moore Hamilton said
today.
The supplies of the stamp arc
had liked the Idea of the duke
of Windsor living outside Eng
land, but there was no reason
to think she had put out the wel
come mat for the duchess.
The London Star said yester
day that the duke and duchess
would return to England to live
this year. It said Mary played a
big part in the duke's decision.
But the Evening Standard said
todav that, instead of returning
to England, the duke and
duchess were planning to build
a house in or near Paris.
Walla WailaRaifway
Suffers Fire Damage
Walla Walla. Wash., Feb. 8
(U.R) Fire yesterday did an esti
mated $10,000 damage to three
locomotives and portions of the
maintenance shops and car barns
of the Walla Walla Valley rail
way, a 14-mile freight line oper
ating between Walla Walla and
Milton-Freewater, Ore.
Cause of the fire was not
known. The line is owned by the
Northern Pacific, which is con-
vertinVs the line trom electric
to diesel power.
General Manager Don Carlson
said the heaviest damage was to
two old electric motors taken
out of service lost weeki
The railway formerly served
ns an Interurban street car route
between the cities and In Walla
Walla itself,
Apartment Building
Planned At Eugene
Eugene, Ore., Feb. 8 (U.R)
The Eugene Manor corporation
of Portland yesterday was
awarded a $500,000 building per
mit for a six-story fireproof con
crete apartment building adja
cent to Eugene's millrace.
The building's plans call for
72 living units plus space for 50
automobiles. The apartment
house will be built at the east
edge of the Eugene business dis
trict. The permit listed Don Byers
of Portland as architect and the
Ketell Construction company of
Portland as builders.
Movie Houses Continue to
Lower Boom On 'Stromboli'
By United Press
Ingrid Bergman's motion pic
ture "Stromboli" was banned
from more theaters today.
At Memphis, Censor Board
Chairman Lloyd T. Binford an
nounced that his group voted
unanimously to prevent showing
of the film because of the "moral
character of the star."
Others Follow Suit
At Indianapolis, officials of a
theater chHin that has banned
the film reported that several
other theater owners are taking
similar action.
However, the greater Indian
apolis Amuements company an
nounced that the movie would
play at the Indiana theater there
because "we judge the picture,
not the actors."
Karl Hoblitzelle, president of
Interstate theater at Dallas,
Tex., said the movie wouldn't
show in any of his 175 theaters
in Texas and Albuquerque, N.M.
"We feel that we would be
rendering our communities a dis
service to exhibit it," he said.
Laudatory Telegram Sent
Four state officials sent Hob
litzelle a laudatory telegram for
his action. The telegram was
signed by the state public safety
director, the attorney general,
the general manager of the state
prison system, and the executive
secretary of the youth develop
ment council.
At Austin, Tex., the five-theater
Eddie Joseph Chain said it
would not show the film and
Horace Falls, buyer for Phil Is
ley theaters, said the picture
wouldn't show at any of its 15
houses in Texas and Los Angeles.
Hollywood, Feb. 8 (U.R) Un
daunted by condemnations from
all over the country, RKO calm
ly went ahead today with plans
to make the movie industry's
biggest splash with Ingrid Berg
man's "Stromboli."
Theater owners. churchmen
and civic groups in at least 10
states protested that they
wouldn't allow the movie to be
shown. But most of Hollywood
believed the exhibitors just had
to open their theater doors and
then get out of the way.
Talking Through Hats
"I don't see how it can miss,"
a movie colony spokesman said.
"These people are talking
through their hats."
After a solid year of torrid
romancing by Miss Bergman and
her director, Roberto Rosselllnl,
and millions of advertisements.
"Stromboli" will open February
15 in a record 300 theaters
across the nation. Hundreds more
will begin showing it later, RKO
said.
Howard Hughes, who scream
ed when censors banned hit
"Outlaw" wasn't opening hia
mouth Bbout the attacks, on
"Stromboli." But he had legal
experts and some censors in his
corner supporting the pieture,
and even the Catholic legion of
decency found it acceptable.
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Acquittal Of Carol Paighf Brings
Varied Response From Two Factions
By United Press
Advocates of mercy-killing to
day hailed the acquittal ot carol
Ann Paight on a second degree
murder charge ns an indication
that "a lot of decrepit statutes
,i ilial,. it, nx, r,..t '
But critics of Euthanasia said
that despite a Bridgeport, Conn ,
jury's verdict, the 21-yenr-old
college student violated the
Christian law of "thou shall not
kill" when she shot her cancer
stricken fnther.
Opinion Ahead Of Law
The Rev. Charles Frnncls Pol
ler, founder and first president
of the Euthanasia society said in
New York that Carol's acquittal
vindicated the society s stand
on mercy killing.
Public o n i n 1 0 n has gone
ahead of the law," he said. "It
Is obvious that we must find an
intermediate way of treating
mercy killing to reconcile the
law and public opinion. A lot
of decrepit statutes are on their
way out. .
Potter snld he believed "n
similar attempt to get around
the law" would be made for Dr.
Hermann Sander of Manchester,
N.H., who Is charged with
"mercy killing" of a woman
patient who was dying of cancer.
Carol s acquittal brought an
attack on mercy killing by the
Rev. Gordon V. Smith, Episco,
pal bishop-elect of Iowa, who
said he did not know whether
the jury s verdict was justified.
"But I do not know that no
one has the right to take the life
of another person," he said.
Can't Condone Act
In Minneapolis, the Rev. Wen
dell M. Johnson of the Waymnn
African Methodist church said;
"I could never condone mercy
killing. As a minister of the gos
pel. I teach that the spirit is
above the flesh."
The Rev. Herbert Noonan,
philosophy professor at Creigh
ion university, Omaha, Neb.,
said "objectively" Carol commit
ted murder, although she may
not have been "subjectively re
sponsible" at the time.
"The jury did harm by ac
quitting her without making it
clear that what she did was a
violation of divine law," Noonan
said.
Dr. Thomas C. McCormlck,
professor of sociology at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin said the ac
quittal indicated "a general lean
ing on people's part lately not
to condemn the mercy killer too
harshly."
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