TWELVE MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TBIBUNR
Wednesday. March 8. 1950
Salesmanship Of
America 'Failing'
In Russian Zone
In recent years America's
great adcptness at salesmanship
has failed bitterly in selling our
republican form of government
to the small countries of Europe,
which have slipped behind the
Iron Curtain. This view was
voiced by the Rev. J. H. Apigan
of the Grants Pass Seventh Day
Adventist church in an address
before the Medford Rotary club
Tuesday.
Speaking at a luncheon meet
ing at the Jackson hotel, the Rev.
Mr. Apigan, whose home was Ar
menia before coming to the
United States, scored the twist
ed, confused and haphazard
thinking that seems so preva
lent today. America has a ren
dezvous with destiny that car
ries with it solemn responsibili
ties. Mr. Apigan urged the peo
ple of this community and na
tion to accept these responsibili
ties and build a morally strong
country that can lift the world
out of despair. Emphasizing the
fact that "this is America's
hour," he called for forthright,
intelligent thinking and action.
The speaker recalled the days
when he came to this country
from the near east like stepping
from a "tragic nightmare into a
paradise of another world." By
exercising sound American sales
manship and real leadership,
this "miracle of America" can
be made to banish fear of atomic
war and dispel bitter hatreds
throughout the world.
' Dr. A. Erin Mcrkel Introduced
the speaker.
CARD OF THANKS
Wa with to thank all our friends and
nel.hboi's for their acta of kindness,
expressions of sympathy and the beau
tiful f Iniuora tnr th Ina. flf Invert fulS.1
Mr. and Mrs. A. 1. Hadley.
Neighbor Describes Scene
After Plane Rams House
(Kdltor's Note: John I.elihton
neighbor, was the first person to reach
the scene when a Northwest Airlines
plane crashed Into the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Uounhty. killing their
two children and 13 persons aboard
uia crert.)
By John Lerighton
As Told to United Press
Minneapolis, Mar. 8 (U.W It
was shocking the most terrible
tragedy I have ever seen.
I was. on the telephone when
the plane roared over our house.
It was so low that the noise
seemed to shake the entire kitch
en. A second later there, was an
awful explosion. A blinding
flash lighted the whole neigh
borhood. I saw the Doughty
house in flames from a window.
We live practically across the
alley from them.
Police Don't Answer
I tried to telephone the police
and didn't get an answer. I
turned the 'phone over to my
father to try the fire department
I ran toward the fire.
I found Mrs. Doughty lying in
the snow in her yard. She had a
bad cut on her right arm and
blood was gushing from a wound
in her hand.
She saw me and screamed:
"My babies, my babies!
"I just kissed them good night.
Then it happened. Please save
thcml They can't be gone!"
Another fellow came along and
helped me carry Mrs. Doughty
to a neighbor's house across the
alley.
Crowd Gathers
By that time a crowd was
gathering. Ambulances came
along and one took Mrs. Doughty
to the hospital.
The Doughty house was still
standing but flames were shoot
ing out of every window.
Then the whole thing col
lapsed before our eyes.
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Nobody in the house had a
chance. The fire was so hot you
couldn t get near it.
There wasn't a piece of the
plane big enough to recognize.
I couldn't tell whether it was a
big plane or a little plane.
Wreckage Confined
It was weird how the whole
wreckage well, almost all of it
as confined to the lot of the
Doughty house. But little tiny
pieces of hot metal fell all over
the neighborhood.
They're still trying to get the
bodies out. It'll probably take a
long time.
It's toagh to see something
like this happen to a good friend
and neighbor.
Naming 01 Thing
On Delake Shore
Still Unsettled
Dclakc. Ore.. Mar. 8 (U.R)
Controversy in the "mystery of
the monster" raged on today
with neither side in the dispute
over "what is it" giving ground.
Residents of this coastal town
still believe the dead creature
which washed up on the beach
here last Saturday is some sort
of deep-sea monster. But scien
tists have taken the tack that it
is just a large hunk of whale
blubber.
To Remain Chained
Meantime, the curious still
were pouring into Delake for
look at the thing, dubbed "Jug-
head" by local citizens. Chamber
of Commerce President Lloyd
Cable who first spotted the crea
ture washing around the surf
said Jughead would remain
chained to a piling until a few
more people had a chance to see
him or her.
Cable said Jughead didn't
smell too badly yet, "unless you
get right up close." He said the
1,500 pounds of flesh would be
destroyed as soon as its odor be
came a nuisance.
Jughead has a long cowlike
body with a 16-foot tail and five
or six shorter tails and short,
stringy fibers extending from
the body.
Professor Not Sure
Cable insists the fibers are
real hair. But Prof. R. E. Dimick
of Oregon State college said the
fibers appeared to be connecting
tissues from which an outer sur
face had been pulled away.
While he refused to sny for sure,
Dimick "guessed" the mass was
nothing but part of a whale.
Supporting Dimick s theory
was Roger Tollefson, state fish
commission biologist. Tollefson
said he ran a laboratory test on
a part of the flesh and the oil he
extracted "resembled whale oil."
Peddlers Banned, Vandals
Hit By Council Ordinances;
Master Zone Bill Discussed
A revised ordinance forbid
ding the sale of goods by per
sons operating or having control
of vehicles standing or parked
on a street, alley or other public
in Medford passed all three re
quired readings at a regular
meeting of the city council last
night.
The measure will go into ef
fect later this month. Sale of
fruit, flowers, meat, poultry,
vegetables "or other goods" is
bancd. A previous proposed or
dinance on the subject passed a
first reading a month ago. The
legislation does not ban brief,
temporary stops by peddlers go
ing from place to place in town.
The legislation brought out
that the parked or standing ve
hicles of street peddlers consti
tute a traffic hazard. Merchants
with established business have
complained of competition from
peddlers parked downtown.
Hit Vandalism
Councilmcn took action to
stop vandalism in the city park
by adoption of another ordi
nance. It prohibits willful de
struction, damnce, mutilation
defacing or tampering with pub
lic buildings, grounds, property
and street, traffic or other signs,
fire alarms or traffic systems of
the city of Medford.
Violators may be fined $100
or imprisoned 50 days or both.
The council may authorize re
wards not exceeding $10 for in
formation leading to apprehen-
In 1047-49. about 2.740.000 pri
vately financed dwelling units
were built more than in the en
tire decade 1930-39.
ITISi A E) E HD E5
We have taken these cars as trades on new Fords
and are offering them at Bargain Prices to make
room for more trades coming in.
'50 Chev. Fleetline $1895
SPECIAL 4-DOOR Radio,
heater.
'49 Mercury Sport $1795
SEDAN Radio, heater.
'47 Chevrolet Aero $1295
2-DOOR Radio, heater.
'47 Chev. Club Cpe. $1195
Radio, heater.
'47 Plymouth Spe. $1195
DELUXE 4-DOOR Radio,
heater.
'41 Chev. Special $545
DELUXE COUPE.
41 Nash (600) Club $399
COUPE.
'39 Ford Deluxe $299
COUPE.
WE TRADE
'48 Buick Super $1695
SEDANETTE Radio and heater.
'47 Chev. Conv. $1295
CLUB COUPE Radio and
heater.
'48 Mercury Town $1295
SEDAN O. D., raidoand
heater
'42 Chev. Aero 2-Dr. $795
'41 Olds (6) Club $595
COUPE.
'40 Dodge 4-Dr. $399
SEDAN.
'39 Plymouth Spec. $349
DELUXE 4-DOOR.
'42 Willys Americar $349
4-DOOR.
BANK TERMS
Fund For Dr. Sander
Tops $10,000 Mark
Manchester, N. H., Mar. 8
(U.R) Extra volunteers worked
today tabulating the "Dr. Her
mann N. Sander" fund which
now totals more than $10,000 aft
er a $3,000 jump In one day.
Some 350 letters yesterday
caught the committee short
handed and a swing shift check
ed mail until late last night but
failed to finish counting all the
new income.
George Woodbury. Bedford
author and chairman of the fund
committee, said more than 1,500
letters from all parts or. tne
United States and Canada had
been received. He said the con
tributors included "nearly every
one of Dr. Sander's patients."
The committee is seeking to
raise at least S40.000 which will
be turned over to Dr. Sander to
use as he wishes. Legal experts
have estimated his defense may
cost that much, and the physic
ian has been without personal
income since his indictment last
January when he suspended his
practice while awaiting trial.
WANTS CENTS BACK
Chicago U.R) George E.
Sankstone. an attorney, has sued
the Chicago transit authority for
16 cents and says he will take
the case to the U. S. supreme
court if necessary. He says the
CTA overehareed him 16 cents
for rides by a rate increase which
he believes is conliscatory.
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sion and conviction of vandals.
A petition asking that freight
trucks be prevented from using
12th, Franquette and Mayette
streets and Spencer avenue as a
"turn-around" was presented by
residents of the South Sea addi
tion. City Attorney Frank Fer
rell was directed to prepare an
ordinance on the matter.
Residents in the area main
tain that the trucks are a men
ace, damage the streets and cre
ate dust.
Farrcll was also asked to pre
pare an ordinance providing for
adoption of the 1949 building
code of the Pacific Coast Build
ing conference.
Diicuti Zoning
Progress in preparation ( and
consideration of a new master
zoning ordinance was discussed
and it was indicated that build
ers should be encouraged to pro
ceed with projects under pres
ent regulations rather than be
advised to delay construction un
til the ordinance is passed. Far
rell brought out that the pro
posed ordinance is comprehen
sive and should require consid
erable study before final action.
The council extended until
June 22 the deadline in Med
ford's agreement with Central
Point for joint use of the Camp
White sewage treatment plant.
Central Point must complete its
connecting line to the Camp
White trunk by that date. The
previous deadline was Febru
ary 22.
Reappointed
H. A. Thierolf was reappoint
ed to the Medford city water
commission. Councilman Earl
Miller was assigned the commit
tee duties held by Carlos Morris
whom he succeeded. He will
head the license committee and
serve on the health, building
nd light and land appraisal
committees.
Councilmen approved a reso
lution accepting and acquiring
from the federal government
through war assets administra
tion the water main in former
Camp White property under city
of Medford jurisdiction. The line
is being purchased at 100 per
cent discount.
Funds from the airport recon
struction fund were voted to bet
ter equip the fire truck at the
field.
(See story on page one)
Biggest Peacetime
War Maneuvers
On Isle Climaxed
Vieques Island, Mar. 8-ttJ.R)
Paratroopers and foot soldiers
today hit this small tropical is
land near Puerto Rico with a
one-two punch to climax "Por
trex," the largest joint army-navy-air
base maneuvers ever
held in peacetime.
Powerful units of the three
armed services joined to make
this make-believe D-day as real
istic as possible under training
conditions.
Johnson Watches
Defense Secretary Louis John
son and top flight officers of the
three services got up before
dawn to go ashore in landing
craft and watch the airborne as
sault. The paratroopers began
jumping at 8 a.m., local time.
Both the tactics of the airborne-amphibious
operation and
the terrain of, the island were
reminiscent of American inva
sions in the Pacific during World
War II. But support of ground
troops with jet planes was new,
and amphibious assault tactics
had been changed because of the
atomic bomb.
Air force and navy carrier jet
planes plastered the beachheads
with live bombs, rockets and
machine gun bullets. The battle
ship Missouri, cruisers, destroy
ers and rocket craft raked the
invasion section of the island
with barrage after barrage.
Of course, all live fire was
directed well away from person
nel for safety reasons.
Although realism was bejng
stressed in "Portrex," the "ag
gressor" forces defending Vie
ques couldn't win regardless of
what they did. This was not a
"win-or-lose" war game, and the
attacking troops were slated to
advance steadily after securing
the beachheads.
The maneuvers were being
run this way to give all partici
pants the maximum training.
"Portrex," which got under
way February 25, involved 80,
000 soldiers, sailors and airmen,
160 navy ships and 500 air force
and navy planes.
After a virtual disappearance
lasting nearly half a century, the
rare roseate spoonbill now is
returning by the hundreds to old
nesting grounds in the U. S. gulf
coast region.
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miina of Fuller field at the
Southern Oregon college campu;
will be resumed as soon as
weather permits, it was reported
this week by City Engineer El
mer Biegel. Track, baseball and
football areas will be laid out.
In addition to a ladies field. Col
lege President Elmo Stevenson
said turfing of the area will be
started within the next few
weeks.
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revolution.
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