Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 10, 1950, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Textf TEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, F.bru.ry 10, 1(50 MedfordTribune "Cveryona In SouUitrn Oreion Hndl Tht Mill Trtbmw" Diily bcipt 8turdlf Publlnhed by ..iB.mrt nu rwTTvn CO. ..0 Mnrlh Fir St PhOIl. J-!! ROBERT W Kunu ERNEST R- GILSTRAP tonga K c FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., City HARRY CHIPMAN Tl.ir.pl. g OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgt An Independent NewepepM Entered a second elan matter al Medlord. Oregon, under Aet of Marco J. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mail In ArtlAnRaV Dally and Sunday one year....00 Dally and Sunday el months 4.75 Daily and Sunday three moa 1.40 Daily and Sunday one month 100 By carrier in avajii: nicu.u.... A.hi.nri Central Point. Jaclcaonvllle Gold Hill, Phoenix. Talent and oo Dally and Sunday one year. llil.oo Dally and Sunday one month 100 Ail lerma id in uww Official Paper of toe City of Medlord Official raper or muio ....., United Preaa rull Leaaed Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INL Offlcea In New York. Chicago De troit San Francisco. Los Angelea Seattle, Portland. St Louia Atlanta Vancouver, B C PUBLISHER ASSOCIATION A UP hi At IDITOIIAl Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County His tory from the flit of the Mail Tribune 10, 20 and 14 dears afo , 10 YEARS AGO TODAY February 10, 1940 (It Was Saturday) Twelve to 14 quintets expect ed to compete in the county grade school basketball tourna ment at Central Point. Miss Alpha Whillock chosen to represent local high school In DAR national citizenship project. More than $21,000 expended in January lor public welfare, county reports. Keene Creek Cattle and Horse association re-elects George E. Dunn president and Fred Homes secretary-treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Christen sen to observe golden wedding anniversary February 18. . 20 YEARS AGO TODAY February 10, 1830 (It Was Monday) Robert Strang elected presi dent of retail merchants' com mittee of county Chamber of Commerce. Pacific highway to Central Point to be straightened and "death curve' 'near Prospect to be eliminated. Salem survey shows interest in churches lagging and fewer pews filled in evening than Sunday morning. Local school officials warn further demonstrations at Med-ford-Ashland games may cause suspension of both schools from state association. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY February 10, 1916 Willamette river at Portland reaches 18.5 feet above low wa ter mark for highest poinHn sev en years. ' Allen B. Drury residence, south end of Kings highway, burns at loss of $15,000. J. H. Drlscoll and Ed Walker fail to find steclheads for fish ing in Antelope creek. Polio Victim Mother Of Triplet Daughters LonR Branch, N. J., Feb. 13 (UP.) Triplet girls were born to Mrs. Fred W. Wnrnke, a polio victim, Sea Girt, N. J at Mon mouth Memorial hospital today. The first baby was delivered naturally, while the other two were delivered by Caesarian sec tion. They weiRhed approxi mately three pounds each and were born five minutes apart. A hospital spokesman said mother and babies were in good condi tion. Mrs. Warnke, the wife of a dentist, was admitted to the hos pital as a polio patient on Dee. 22, 1949. She was discharged late in January, but had to re turn to the hospital for daily treatments. WEATHER By United Press Northern California Rain to day, showers tonight and clear ing Saturday. Little change in temperature. Southerly winds today 35-50 mph Monterey north and 20-30 mph elsewhere, be coming west to northwest tonight and Saturday and decreasing. Subscribers To report Improper or non delivery of the Mill Tribune phone Z-fc'41 before :4S p. m. dally anil 10:30 a. m. Sunday. If regular d 1 1 1 r e r y arr.Tet fhortly alter you rail, pleat nnlll off let. thua ellmlnaling apttlal tnetaenger aervlr. Carnegie Medal Candidate Word comes from Rogue River that townspeople there are discussing the possibility of securing a Car negie medal for Douglas Combs, 25-year-old tavern operator of that place, who saved the life of Delia Randleman, aged 10, last Sunday when she and her brother Dick, eight years old,' and a playmate, Larol Pinkie, 10, fell through the ice on a millpond. e a a A CCORDING to accounts of the rescue, Dick was " near enough to shore to be able to reach safety unassisted. His shouts and the screams of the girls were heard across the river by Sydney Desselle who happened to be out in his yard. Desselle drove madly across the Rogue river bridge; halted long enough to shout the alarm through the; tavern door and then rushed on to the pond. A number of men reached the scene soon after ward and the Pinkie girl, who was only about eight feet from shore was pulled to' safety by Orin Hilger and Al Black. WOULD-BE-RESCUERS trying to reach Delia " with a boat from the other side of the pond were thwarted by the ice which upset the craft and dumped Grant Cummings into the water. He was pulled out and Gene Helvey, immediately took his place, attempting to push the boat toward the little girl who was clinging bravely to a broken edge of ice. But Helvey's efforts also proved unavailing. a e a a. a VOUNG COMBS, who had raced to his home for a rope, then tied the rope about his waist and be gan swimming toward the child, breaking the heavy ice with his fists as he went, ' The water was so cold and the ice so thick that he was forced to return to shore to get his breath after he had gone about half the distance. Quickly he plunged in again. JUST as the swimmer got close to her the girl said lljhn Qi'a vnnt" anrl frton hoi- aims cKrl nff fVict no and she went down. She sank twice but Combs saw her head just under the surface and grabbed her. It looked like the rescue was practically complete but at that moment Combs collapsed from exhaustion and chill. Little Delia had enough strength left to cling to his clothing while thosie on shore hauled them both through the water with the rope. a THERE were brave men in that group, they all de- Combs whose courage and strength enabled him to make the supreme and successful try. Douglas Combs richly deserves the Carnegie award for heroism. We hope the people of Rogue River nominate him for the hoVior, and we second the motion. E.C.F. I Sunday Invitation The doors of the old Jacksonville courthouse will swing open to the public next $unday at 2 p.m., when people will have opportunity to inspect the building which is undergoing repair aifd interior alteration to fit it for use as a museum. 'HE work, which has beep under way for two months under supervision1. of the Jackson county court and the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Inc., has been handicapped considerably by bad weather and the necessity for. more elaborate repair in some particulars than had been anticipated. It was found necessary, for instance, to re-wire the building, not only to provide the additional num ber of outlets which will be needed for museum dis play illumination, but also because the earlier-day wiring job was in bad condition and presented a dis tinct fire hazard. Workmen discovered three places where fires had actually beetl started by the over loaded and insufficiently insujated wires. The wood had been charred but lack of -ventilation had appar ently smothered the flames inftheir own smoke. i TN ADDITION to inviting Jackson county citizens in general to inspect the tfuildinrr. the Historical society has sent invitations trj the Klamath County Historical society, the JosepHiiie County Historical society and the Siskiyou County (California) Histori cal society. E.C.F. 1 Pirates To Skip Pageant .v- uuuo unj i iiaica, uiiroc itbui coiiucijr ai eb and energetic boosters of the neighboring coastal region, have decided not to stage their annual cele- U....I.1 J 1 J.I.! uimiun aim pageant mis year. THE Pirates have found that the celebration, while eminently successful as a crowd pleaser, is a ter rific headache for the a 1-too-few who are willincr or able to donate their time and efforts. Most significant of all, the annual festivity runs substantially in the red. The Pirates' decision was reached after consider able discussion and review of former celebrations. Maybe a careful study of Jackson county fair record would dampen the enthusiasm of some who advoeaU1 I ..1? il i. i a n -. n a ii'vivui ui mat community euon. Ei.u.r. Crosstown by Roland Co ". . . and of court you know how everybody in town is talking about the shameful way he treats his poor wife." A Nichols' Worth of- Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Preaa Feature Writes Washington, Feb. 10 (U.R) The Security & Exchange com mission can t unaersiana wny anybody con nected with the movies would sell stock in a pro jected picture for as low as $10 a share and discourage more than two shares to a customer. The SEC looked Into the matter and, although Herman Nlcbolt b e w i 1 d ered, okayed it. Hollywood was lust as mysti fied. Here was a motion picture in which no oroducer. author, di rector, or stars would get credit. That isn't the way Hollywood would do it, but Hollywood isn't doing this one. It is to be produced abroad and is about the life of Christ. In simple, reverent form, the drama will be portrayed against the backdrop of our atomic era. Three cameras will be used sim ultaneously. There will be screens three times larger than regulation and acoustics naving as many as 75 loud speakers. Shooting will take place in France, Italy, and Israel. Church men everywhere already have indorsed the idea of filming the passion of Christ. Cast Choice Not Easy Selection of a cast has not been easy. The producers auditioned more than 200 men before they finally selected a 32-year-old pro fessor of philosophy at the Uni versity of Paris to play the role of Christ. A prominent Holly wood actress offered to play gratis the part of the Mother Mary. She was turned down. The man responsible for the idea is a dynamic young French man named Count Georges de la Grandiere, who three times was a prisoner of the nazis. The count went to l.vlywood Land tried to sell his idea to the mm moguls, rne count weni broke. He returned to France and bicycled up and down the land selling shares of stock ai $10 a share. It looks as if he s going to make it. Bought Six Shares Here in America, where stock in the film is registered, a few have been allowed to buy more than a single share. One was a truck driver, who said he earned $60 a week. He admitted he didn't know much about fine art, but asked for six shares. A New Jersey bookie who said he had had a "good week" tagged a film agent in a hotel lobbv. He said he wasn't much on religion but wondered if he could have $2300 worth of stock. He was allowed to buy five shares. A New York cop heard about the movie and canvassed the boys at the precincts and the folks along his beat. He came up with $1800 and got 900 shares to distribute to his friends. A seamstress from Saks Fifth avenue wanted to put up her life savings $3,000. The agent talked her down to $40. Maid Got Mad . A maid at the Ritz had $250 in cash in a paper sack and got mad when the film man tried to talk her into taking only two shares. "We don't want anybody to get rich," the man told her. Like the rest, the agent refus ed to sell her any stock at all GIVES STUDENTS BREAK East Lansing, Mich. (U.R) Harold Seyffert says goodbye to profit during examinations at Michigan State College. His drug store sells coffee for three cents during that period because he knows the students need it. Boston U.R) Andrew J. Pa lermo, who recovers 5,000 auto mobiles a year for finance com panies, asked police to help him find his car when it vanished from a parking space. KT.OODHOUND8 FRIENDLY I Hammond. lit. (U.R) John Hill bought two bloodhounds to serve as watchdogs in his motor sales . uo ihmiaht Ihpv were lUHIfCllljr. l..v0..- J --- doing a good job until one night ourgiars crone in anu aiu.v them. WALNUTS GROW BIG Syracuse, Neb. (U.R) Walnuts grow big here, according to the county agent, A. H. DeLong. Dean submitted a few samples eight inches in circumference, DeLong said. until she had personally investi gated the SEC's okay. . Naturally, all of the $1,000, 000 film an't be financed by the little man, "but he'll have the biggest share in it. Pride, too. As one man put it: "What a surprise my friends will get when they hear I'm a stockholder. It's a pleasant thought to know I'm helping to put a good, clean show on the screen. I'm just a janitor." SOMETHING GAINED St. Paul, Minn. (U.R) Burglars who raided the T. W. Basta bak- oi v here were determined to got at least something. They re moved a storm window, opened the inside window and then found that a large refrigerator still blocked their entrance. They made off with the storm window. VALENTINES For those who have a special corner in your heart 5c to $5.00 SWEM'S GREETING CARDS Bill Salade MEDFORD COUPLE LOSE SALARY RAISE In my presenct recently, a young Medford husband said to his wife, "Do you remember, dear, how we were going to save the raise we got 15 months ago?" His wife nodded, then re plied, "Of course 1 do. And we have just as good as lost It all. What we needed was a plan like this." Naturally, I was surprised at such frankness. But not at their con clusion. Listening to so many peo ple tell of their attempts to control unruly dollars has taught me that most family financial problems spring from lack of an adequate savings plan. In this respect, my newly-made friends were no different than oth er couples. In all sincerity, they intended to "salt away" their most recent raise. But they had failed to do so. The husband is quite capable in business. His wife is "tops" as a homemaker. Yet now they both realize the weaknesses of their own scheme and the imperative need for a simple, logical plan that builds up to a fine retirement fund which they can look forward to when they want to take things easier later on. PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. P.O.Box 693 Medford, Ore. Ph. 2-7573 Service Stations Wage Gasoline Price War Milwaukee. Feb. 10 (U.R) Service station operators fought a gasoline price war here today. Major brands of gasoline sold for 20.9 cents a gallon for regu lar and 21.9 for premium. Some independent dealers attracted motorists with signs offering regular at 18 8 cents and pre mium at 20.9. Yesterday, the indeoendent Pate Oil company and five ma- jor firms Standard Oil. Shell. Texas, Socony-Vacuum and Cit ies Service reduced tank wagon prices one cent a gallon. It was the first cut In tank wagon prices since the price war began last week. MARRIAGE-MINDED Cumberland, Md. (U.R) Get ting a marriage license is a fam ily affair for Jay Lee Jobes, 43. and his daughter, Wilda Lee, 16. Jobes got a license at the couit house to marrv R e b a May Gwynn. 22-vear-old widow The,-. i he signed an application for hi; ! daughter, who is planning to wed iJosroh Ray Barclay, 21, 0f Car 1 inichacls, Md. We Mean It Our Funds Are At Your Disposal STAN STARK Yts Mia For whatever valid reason you require a loan, we're ready to make it, allowing you gener ous time for return payments. We cut the red tape and make getting a loan down right pleasant! See Oregon Finance, the company that likes to say YES to loan requests no matter how small nor how quickly it's needed. Oregon Finance Co. Phone 2-4433 Craterian Bldg. 45 S. Central Lie. S-211 M-217 1 (W.kMmf&inmm8k 3(3D i j Prices Good February 10 to 14 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES Store Hours: WEEK DAYS 10 A.M. Until Midnite SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS 9 A.M. Until Midnite IT'S EASY TO SHOP AT ANDERSON'S SUNSHINE KRISPY CRACKERS 2 Pounds 49c SUNSHINE BUTTER HI HO Crisp and Tasty lb. 30c NALLEY'S Beef STEW Large 2'2 Can 69c NALLEY'S CUT PICKLES SWEET MIXED pt. 29c REYNOLD'S Aluminum Wrap 33c VISIT OUR ENLARGED PRODUCEik rrn i nriirkiT yyZJb CRISP YELLOW CARROTS bun. 5c TENDER FRESH LETTUCE hd. 10c CRUNCHY GREEN CELERY lb. 8c COLLARD GREENS ... lg. bun. 10c COOKING CABBAGE lb. 4c YAMS OR SWEET NOT2ATG0RASDE lb. 5C YELLOW DANISH SQUASH BAKED lb. 4c KLAMATH NO. 1 POTATOES... 25 9Sc 25 ft. Roll CUT RITE Waxed Paper 125 ft Roll 19c WHITE Embossed Napkins 10c Pkg. 80 SEE OUR NEW MEAT DEPT. Prices for Fri. and Saf. Self-service Smoked Meats - Milk - Cheese - Butter - Cream ! Just put them in your basket. No waiting for service! Quicker, Better Service Always! OLD BADGER LIMBURGER b oz. 37c KRAFT "CHIPS" BABY GOUDA LOUIS REGAL 14 oz. 89c BLUE pkg. 35c 8 oz. 31c KAY NATURAL CHEDDAR PHILADELPHIA ROQUEFORT pkg. 23c CREAM pkg. 17c BALLARD'S BISCUITS 2 pkgs. 29c SELF SERVICE SMOKED MEATS SWIFT'S SHANKLESS PICNIC HAMS lb. 43c SWIFT'S PREMIUM A k iOTenderixed, Half I! AlVl J or Whole LB. JJC SWIFT'S READY TO EAT HAM SL"-V 59c SWIFT'S PREMIUM BACON S3?;;' 29c I t. J