Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1950)
Medford Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950 Pages 1-6 Jvfeii-l 1 iitfl'A: (Acme Ratho-Telephoto) WARM RECEPTION Winston Churchill. Conservative leader and former prime minister, is given a warm reception by the ladies after his campaign speech In Manchester, England, for the forthcoming -House of Commons election. A Nichols' Worth of Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Pru future Write, Uarman NichoU Washington day Washington, Feb. 2 4 (U.R) About 30 years ago, a Washing ton clothier and pants presser. who wishes he hadn't, put an ad in a local paper. It said: "We cannot tell a lie. We've got a lot of junk on hand and hereby of fer it for sale at great dis count." From that simple begin ning sprang what now is known as the rummage sale, held annually on George's birth day. It's an annual capital night mare. People stand in line all night to get a television set for 77 cents, a typewriter for 99 cents and a fur coat for $3, and clerks go nuts. Wednesday, it got so bad that a lot of merchants had to let the people in a few at a time. I peeked into the window of a cheap ladies' wear place and learned why. A couple of "la dies" were giving a pair of 12 cent pink panties the business in a tug of war. The elastic on the top gave away, the pants were ripped leg apart and the two women dropped the project and went on to the next counter. The merchants keep on offer ing their "bargains" year after year and the Washington Star put out 108 pages, crammed with ads, the day before the sale one of the biggest editions in its history for a week day. Free Coffee Offered An arm-chair restaurant, look ing for business later in the day, distributed free coffee and doughnuts to folks standing in line for one of the cheap televi sion sets. Rain or shine and it has rained on the holiday the last two years the people flock to town. Government workers have the day off. A look at the ads in the paper will give you a look-in on what goes on in Washington on the day that the capital is a little more nuts than usual. 1 I One store advertised, for a ' V'ome-on, "smart spring dresses" for one dollar. Another had wall paper "In ail shades and prints" for 22 cents a roll. An auto out fit offered $24.50 car heaters for S9.95 and seat covers for $1. i Dishes For $1.49 A department store advertised a set of dishes for $-1.49 and a 24 piece, 22 karat "gold trimmed and initialed" set of glasses for $9.88 50 cents down. A camera shop pasted a sign on the window "roll of film, nine cents." One jewelry store offered dia mond rings at SI, but there was a catch to it. The ad said that four lucky numbers drawn had the privilege of buying a dia mond for a dollar "selected by us." You had to buy something to get a number. A shoe store attracted a lot of ladies with an ad that men tioned buying one pair of shoes for the regular price and getting a second pair for a dollar. i A fur company sold fur jack 1 ets "regular $79 value beaver dyed coney" for one dollar, "while they last." They didn't last long. Everybody had a come-on ex cept the banks. They were closed for the day. Medford Newsman To Appear On ABC Radio Broadcast James Dunlevy, manager of radio station KYJC. today an nounced that "Gentlemen of the Fress," an American Broadcast ing company weekly radio pro gram, will feature a story told by Eric Allen Jr., city editor of The Medford Mail Tribune, on Tuesday, February 28. During the program, Allen will tell of the suspensful five day search and eventual rescue of Student Pilot John Kraus, Ahtioch, Cal., whose training plane was forced down 40 miles north of Medford In January, 1949. Eyewitness Accounts The program, heard at 8:30 p. m. each Tuesday over KYJC, is a 30-minute feature in which leading newspaper reporters and editors recreate for the listen ing audience their eyewitness accounts of the most interesting or greatest stories they ever cov ered, Dunlevy said. Their voices are heard via recordings. ABC Co-respondent Hank Weaver, in Hollywood where the program originates, will intro duce Allen. The "Gentlemen of the Press" broadcasts, with true life dramas taken from newspaper front pages, each week features five or six reporters throughout the nation with personal "I saw it happen" accounts of stories they have covered. Other Reporteri Other reporters to be heard during the KYJC broadcast next Tuesday will be ABC Commen tator Henry J. Taylor, first cor respondent to reach Hitler's hideaway at Berchtesgaden in Germany; Elizabeth Garner. Los Angeles Times, who will tell of the battle waged by a young couple to save the life of their ill two-year-old daughter; Ed itor James Newton, Concord, N. H., Independent, who will re late how an entire community staged a battle to rescue a man traoped below the earth, and Sam Petok, Detroit Free Press, who covered the Noronic disas ter last September. Active Radar Station Due At Ft. Stevens Astoria. Ore.. Feb. 24 (U.B The army air force said her to-" dav an active radar station win be' established at Ft. Stevens, Ore., near the mouth of the Co lumbia river, which is a gateway to the Hanford, Wash., atomic energy plant. The announcement by the commanding general of the 25 air division said that a "small detachment of U. S. air force units will be organized" at the Ft. Stevens site. Small Sunsemble Put the prettiest little girl into the prettiest outfit! Shell love the scallops that go round and round. It's a really truly grown up fashion a sunsemble! Pattern 9446 comes in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Size 6 sundress, jack et, 1H jrdf. 85-Ineht 1 yd. con trast. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete, illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern to MARIAN MARTIN, care of Med ford Mail Tribune. Pattern Dept., P. O. Box 6740. Chicago 80, 111. Print plainlv YOUR NAME, AD DRESS, SIZE, STYLE NUM BER. It's ready! Send just fifteen cents more for our new beautiful Marian Martin Pattern Book for Spring. Fashion news, one yard skirts and blouses, spring styles for all the family. And printed in the book free handbag pattern! Dead line on Classified Ads: 5:30 p.m for following day; 10 m Monday for Monday; noon Saturday for Sunday a.m. Foreign Policy Said Costly For Sawmills Portland, Ore., Feb. 24 (U.R) The West Coast Lumbermen's association said today that Amer ican foreign policy which in ef fect encouraged imports from British Columbia cost Pacific northwest sawmills $30,000,000 in lost export business during 1949. H. V. Simpson, executive vice president of the association, raid British Columbia lumber imports since 1947 have trebled, with a resulting loss of $25,000,000 in business to west coast sawmills. Simpson asserted the U. S. government had "sold the west coast lumber industry down the river" in world markets, at the same time opening up domestic markets to foreign lumber. It started with this t Petri 1 It cfUf0RNU 1 1 prl 1 o- ... Petri I WtM I It went over tig with this ! 11 " th' u Whrn the occaiton call for fortieth. njt pnial. call fof Petri V inc. It richer, more Mmhing taite is the mule of three generations of ine -making skill. For a birthday or any day enjoy Petri Wine! PETRI Vt'LNE CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. $3.00 CAMELLIA SPECIAL These camellias are in gallon cant, every plant branched and budded, and in the following varieties: JULIA DRAYTON, GLENN 40, KUMASAKA, CHANDERLI ELEGANS, LOTUS AND NAGASAKI D) PTP 2 year old Number One Roiei 7 CT Q AX J 3 Li tJ Bush and Climbing jf J PRIMR OSES itf h0l"P 25 Gallon Cans 40c or 3 for $1.00 Adair's Nursery t mile south of Phoenix on Highway 99 i.n daily .Kceptin, Monday, rem 10 A.M. until 5 P.M, MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. 10:30 PM. For Complete Prescription Service DAY Night and Jyjy Call 2-6253 Call No Answet 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bidgocd Hudson Medford'i Own Modern Pharmacy Lav This Is a landslide I It caught us unawares, and the dust has not yet settled, but here is what seems to have happened... With used-car prices verging on a tumble, we advertised a spectacular February Trade-In Offer giving unheard-of trade-Ins before the bottom actu ally fell out of the market. Next, the news got around that the 1950 Mercury Is what mechanics call a 'hot' car . . . that is, a car so perfectly assembled and bal anced that its performance and comfort rival the highest- priced cars In the Industry. To top M off, our Factory came out with a sensational NEW model of the 1 950 Mercury to sell for only ts iw.. V 217100 (mivtiii mil nsi itiii tu, irctMi hi) and that started the avalanche I Mercury sales are now sweeping the West like wildfire. Our volume has ena bled us to boost trade-In allowances even higher. We are making a lot of small profits rather than a few big ones. And right this minula this whole February boom It at ill peak I That's why we hope to see you down here within the next few hours. It will cost you nothing to hear our offer... and a powerful luxurious 1950 Mercury bought in February may 'dually save you many hun dreds of dollars. P tyments start as low as $49 a month. Wouldn't It be worth-while to come In and talk? Showroom Open Evenings 7 p.m. fo 9 p.m. MEDFORD MOTORS 6th & Ivy Phone 2-6157 Just ash any Housewife who has tried the New are AUTOMATIC WASHER IT HAS Everything! SIMPLY ADD DETERGENT! Check these Features 1. It's Wondarful for badly soiled children's clothes, work clothes whatever you havt that's hard to get clean. 2. Clothes Last Longer because of the gentle Apex cleaning action. What could be softer than the flushing action of water? 3. Paster Cleaning! Your clothes are washed, rinsed, dried and fluffed In only 1812 to 27 Vj minutes, depending on washing time selected. 4 Uses Lesi Soapf You don't need soap for 16, 18 or 20 gallons of wash water, as In conventional type washers. The Apex WASH-A-MATiC requires only 7 gallons of water (hot or warm) in the washing phase of Its cleansing cycle. 5. Uses Less Water! Maximum water use Is 24 Va gallons, Including both hot and cold. That's little more then you use in one laundry tub for rinsing alone. 6. No Bolting Down It's self balancing. Ex clusive new hydraulic ba':ncing principle automatically compensate for out-of-balance loads, 7. Look In Top Lighted Interior You can see the amazing cleansing action in opera tion. Makes removing clothes easier, too! I. laslly Installed In your utility room laundry room wherever most convenient for you. No danger of soap or water over flowing on the floor. Ask for FREE Demonstration ! ZACK'S APPLIANCE CO. 220 W. Main, Phone 2-5970
