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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1950)
I SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) , im HMmrf frm-" ! fcWmnrter ., ft- SeWta LEFT FOR DEAD Eslr lobato (rlBht), 12-year-old Stockton, Calif., girl who vas kidnaped and raped, Is shown with her brother, Joe, 7, after ahe made her way to safety. The kidnaper grabbed Ester and threw her into car as she and her brother walked home from a grammar school movie. Joe vainly fought with the attacker and threw a rock as the car sped away, his sister's screams of "Please help me. Mommy . . . Mommy . . ." blending with his own cries for help. Ester was left for dead In a barn by the assailant. Council Studies Work for City Street Maintenance Streets and roads committee recommendations as to rates to be assessed abutting property owners for dust palliative and road mix work this year were accepted last night by the city council. Rates determined were one cent per square foot for the pal liative and four cents for the mix. Committeemen said resi dents should be advised that ap plication of dust palliate is only a temporary measure and should not be expected to serve like pavement. Surface Low Cost They pointed out that road mix such as is on Hillcrest road, Valley View drive and a number of other streets is strictly low cost surfacing. Although life ex pectancy is several years for the mix. no guarantee or liability can be assumed by the city, com mitteemen stated. The committee recommended Hint road mix be applied only to streets on which approval is giv en and which have ample base. This surfacing is only suitable for some streets. City Superin tendent Vernon Thorpe advised that property owners desiring the road mix should apply at the city engineer's office in order that a street examination can be conducted. Petitions Hoard Petitions to pave Falrmount avenue between Columbus and Summit avenues, to grade and gravel Dakota avenue between Plum and Hamilton streets, and Barneburg road between High land and Woodlawn drives, were referred to the streets and roads committee and engineer's office. Grading and graveling a road SO feet wide from Ashland ave nue 110 feet east wbs approved, but the project will be processed through regular procedure of as sessment. The road is between Ninth and 10th streets. your Present Machine Yes, only $9 down puts a smooth sewing SINGER Electric Portable in jour home! It practically pays for itself because you'll save from 30 to (0 of your budget by mending and nuking your own clothes at home. INCLUDES: l large) capacity long bobbin 1r SINGER spotlight V fully enclosed electric motor tr" convenient foot control V matching bentwood cover 40 MAIL TRIBUNE (Arm Trlpiihttln) On alley surface improve ments, the streets committee pro oosed that cash be collected be fore grading and graveling but that paving projects be handled on an assessment basis. Estimates Given City Engineer E. N. McKinslry read preliminary estimates, pre nared at the streets committee's request, concerning paving of Columbus avenue between Jack son and Main streets. He report ed that the cost would be nbnut S8.B2 per front foot for a Sb'-foot street. It was brought out that the present surface has no base and that the street is a continu ous repair job. Construction of 600-foot sew ers in alleys of Blocks 11 and 12 of Laurelhurst addition was or dered by the council after a hear ing. Thorpe was authorized to call for bids. Petitions for sewers in Gct chell subdivision and Block 2, Laurelhurst addition, were pre sented and referred to the health committee. Engineer McKinslry submit ted preliminary estimates on sewage and drainage projects that would serve Acorn way. He said that a sewer would cost about S17.000 or S3.50 per front loot. Water alone might be piped away for s:t,800, he report ed. It was suggested that resi dents of the district be contact ed regarding their sentiment to ward constructing the sewer now. (Sea story on Page 1) TAKES LONGER THERE Omaha, Neb. (U.R) complain ing Omnha bus riders can take heart. Clnyton Holm, who used to wait for buses in Omaha, said he thought nothing of it after spending a year in Ethnpia. Holm managed a bus line in Ethopia. He said it was not unusual at all to watt a week for a bus there. ELECTRIC PORTABLE Liberal Allowance on "" Decorating -yoar SINGES ; --'-.pSa: ALL AT ua -. NORTH FRONT PHONE 2 - Wednesday. April 8. 1950 Scout Exposition Details Told by Leaders of Event Additional details of the "Scouting Adventure" exposi tion of the Boy Scouts of Amer ica were given today by Exposi tion Chairman N. H. "Duke" Gladfelder following a meeting of committeemen tart night. The event will be at 7:0 p.m., April 15. in the Medford armory. Reservations for space have been received from 39 scout and cub units in 'which to display their skills and crafts work, Gladfelder said. Units from Ash land, Talent, Phoenix, Jackson ville, Hertford, Central Point, Prospect, Butte Falls and Grants Pass will participate. Skill Feature Biggest feature of the exposi tion will be a demonstration of forest conservation, camping and pioneer skills, which will be rep resented in the center of the ar mory floor. Troops which will construct this display include 3 and 8, Medford; 15, Phoenix; 19 Prospect; 45, Butte Falls, and 115, Ashland. Scouts of Troop 10, Howard school, will construct a "rope monkey bridge" from one side of the armory to the other, in connection with the camping and pioneer display. R. C. Beatty and C. E. "Bus" Chamberlain have been named to assist Gladfelder in exposi tion work. Ed Borg will have charge of the physical arrange ments and booths at the event; John Eddy will manage the open ing and closing ceremonies; Roy Huson is in charge of financial arrangements and ticket sales, and Larry N. Schade Jr., is par ticipation chairman. The Medford 20-30 club will sponsor the refreshment booth. Tickets- for adults are now on sale by Boy scouts. Those under 17 years of age will be admitted free. Services Arranged For Wayne Bradley Ashland. Apr. 5 Funeral ser vices for Wayne Bradley, Tal ent, who died in Community hospital, Medford, yesterday of injuries suffered in a logging ac cident, will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m., at Ashland First Pres byterian church. The Rev. Alice Wooley, pas tor of Talent Methodist church, will officiate, and interment will be in the family plot at Stearns cemetery. Talent. Litwiller fu neral home is in charge. Mr. Bradley was born at For est Grove, Ore., on Jan. 22. 1906. He was educated at Wagner Creek and Talent high schools. On Nov. 20, 1937. he was mar ried to Mis? Rachel Williams, Ashland. Mr. Bradley was a member of (lie Talent Lions club and the Talent Grange. Surviving are his wife, two children, Lois and Glen of Tal ent; a sister, Mrs. H. T. Single, Brookings; a brother, David W., and a twin brother, Merle E., both of Prospect. STRANGER "LUCKY" Forth Worth, Tex. lU.Ri A fill ing station operator offered to pay his fine for operating a punch board if sherilf's officers would arrest the pair who sold it to him and then duped him out of S300. A stranger sold him the board for 60 cents. Shortly afterwards, another stranger en tered and started punching. The second stranger was so "lucky" he won S300. DOWN EASY PAYMENT TERMS 50 7207 ER New City Park Name Ballot (Note: Voting open to residents of Medford and vicinity. Submit ballot between April 3 and midnight, April 12 to Park Name Poll, City Hall, Medford, Ore. Winning name to be se lected by park advisory committee and approved by city council.) My choice - Park Name - Address..:. Ashland Youths Fined For Liquor Violations Ashland, April 5 Two young Ashland men were meted penal lies in Ashland city court yes terday for liquor violations, It was reported today. A state liquor commission in spector said that Donald Harmon Beagle, 22, charged with giving alcoholic beverages to minors, was fined $50 and court costs, sentenced to 30 days in jail and placed under curfew regulations. His car was impounded 30 days. Clarence A. Plymell, 22, ac cording to the report, was hand ed a similar penalty for alleged illegal sale of whiskey. His liquor permit was taken. Both jail sentences were sus pended. According to the cur few, the two must be off the streets at 10:30 p.m. each day for a year. 1 he charges arose from the ar rest of two juveniles at Ashland Monday for being drunk on a public street. The boys were 16 years of age. Oceanlake Motorist Killed in Accident Portland, Ore.. Apr. 5 (U.R) Cecil Adam McLeod. 28. Ocean- lake., Ore., was killed todav when the car he was driving struck a concrete center strip on southwest Canyon road and crashed against a tree. A passenger. Phyllis L. Flet cher. 20. Portland, was taken to Good Samaritan hospital for treatment of scalp wounds and a possible skull fracture- ON!Y niiiTia Don't mitt a Broken Water Main Floods Portland Area Portland, Ore., Apr. 5 (U.R) A 12-foot split in a section of 46 inch water main today caused much water damage to base ments, sidewalks and streets in a four-block area of downtown Portland. Water, from the pipe buried seven feet underground, bubbled up through a fissure in the pavement at Southwest 5th ave nue and Morrison street and spread rapidly through the area. Calls were issued for repair crews and the fire department but before the water could be shut off it had spread for four blocks, flooding basements, backing into . sewer systems, cracking the street and side walks. Some merchandise dam age was reported. Balk Rule Still Bad To Portland Pitcher Portland, Ore., April 5 .U.R) Portland baseball pitcher Charles (Red) Adams ran his balk pitches to seven yesterday as he committeed three balks in the first game with the Oakland Acorns in a day-night twin bill. The balks were called on Adams under the new "hesita tion" rule in effect this year. Adams' seven balks in 15 innings pitched so far this year are more than most pitchers commit in a life-time of hurling. The Red Malaga grape enjoys an early-season demand. WANTED Afore tode-frx om Se lowest-priced -fted ib round out our used car sfocfe ! One of the first requirements for successful operation, in our used car department, is a complete selection of makes and models. Right now, we 'have the year's finest selection of trade-ins from the Packard price class. And now that small-car owners are learning the facts about Packard's long-lasting economy we're getting more of those small-car trade-ins S 845 67 DOWN for t new 1950 PacktrJ Eight DS-HP, 6-pMien-get Club Sedan. (While liJeualli optional tt exlrt cost.) Very likely, your present csr will more than (over the low down payment And the price includes: Fore-and-aft direc tion signals, fender shields, electric clock and cigarette lighter, automatic trunk and courtesy lights . . . many other extras. PACKARD demonstration of PACKARD UlTRAMATIC DRIVE ovailoble now, at reduced extra cot, on oil LEEVER MOTOR COMPANY 317 East Fifth Street Phone 2-6719 Salem Students' Injunction Renewal Denied by Judge Salem, Ore., Apr. S (U.R) Circuit Judge Dal M. King of Coos county has denied exten sion or renewal of a temporary injunction which has, kept 18 Salem high school boys in classes since October 14 when they were suspended for belonging to a secret society. The boys were suspended by the school board on charges of belonging to a secret society, il legal under Oregon law, but they remained in classes under a tem porary injunction pending out come of their case in court. They contended that the group to which they belonged was not secret. Judge King, who heard the trial here last month, sent his formal decree to Salem Tuesday. It upholds the school board and officials in their suspension ac tion against the boys. Boys Not In Classes Since this week is spring vaca tion, the boys are not now in classes. Their attorneys, who have served notice of appeal to the Oregon supreme court, were expected to ask the high court for a temporary restraining or der that would keep the boys in school until final decision on the case is reached. It was pointed out that such an appeal might not be decided before the end of the school year. Most of the boys are seniors, and could graduate while the case is pending. The boys belonged to a group known as the ABC. They called it the American Boys club, but testimony brought out in the cir cuit court trial here indicated the group was affiliated with a Portland society known as Al pha Beta Chi. TO EDUCATE BULGARS Sofia. Bulgaria (U.R) A cam paign to reduce illiteracy is on in Bulgaria. In its plan, the minis try of education has decided to teach the ABC's to 60,000 people and to increase the educational qualification's of 15.000. 1 f& - 1 k' V XlSS7r7r9lK DOPE, NOT LIOUOH Fort Worth. Tex. (U.R) The man was booked for drunken ness and at the end of six hours in jail was just as groggy as at the beginning. Then puzzled po lice found the answer. They found several narcotic tablets inside the lining of a leather belt the prisoner wore. GENUINE, YOUHGSTOWri ' " BT MPIXIlfS NO DOWN PAYMENT UP TO 3 YEARS TO PAY Smith-Dynge Lumber Co. Eighth and Fir, Medford Phone 2-7166 than we ever got before! But we need still more of those trade-ins from the lowest-priced field to bring our stocks up to the right level for high-volume spring selling! And our appraisals will show you we really mean business! Drive in tomorrow and let us show you how much your car is worth to us! Ask the man who owns one DOOR WELL LOCKED Knoxville, Tenn. (U.R) When Patrolmen Walter Russell and Lester Touton foumt the door on a home unlocked, they did a good job of locking it but Rus sell left his night stick inside. The trouble was, he couldn't get it back until the family returned from Florida. tifchcncidcr A9"'CAKIMET SINK $DV195 Complete with Fittings nit leltallctlea Check the work-saving feature One-piece, oild-retliHe per-celoin-eeemel tap . . . Mf It cleae, pleeiere te ewe. Specleei, ee-lpleik ktmH. Heeey, pertnleeee' cttlerf rawer. H"tWdlj,eeiletlef ... recessed im end kite space eases talks at Ike sink. PleseMivelkereiclttaihe teres. COME IN TODAViM see for rouKseiri 1950 model 1 1 r;i.r A "IN
