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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, April 25. 1950 Ask Tighter Law On Transmission Of Gambling Data Washington, Apr. 25 (U.R) Chairman Wayne Coy of the fed eral communications commission asked congress today for a tight er law than the one proposed by the justice department to outlaw interstate transmission of gam bling information. Coy told a senate commerce sub-committee that the justice department bill is too vague and would be "impossible to admin ister by any government agency. Federal Crime He offered instead a draft of a proposed new bill drawn up by the FCC. It would make the interstate transmission of infor mation on wagers, bets, odds or prices a federal crime. That type of data, Coy said, Is the "basic information" which Drofcssional gamblers now ob tain over interstate telegraph and telephone wires. The justice department bill would not interfere with news paper publication of any sport ing information or its transmis sion by the major wire services. It would require, however, that radio and television broadcast ers observe a one-hour time lag before broadcasting race results, odds or prices. The FCC proposal would re move that blanket exemption for the wire services; newspapers would not be permitted to re ceive over Interstate facilities in formation on bets, odds or prices, and broadcasters would not be allowed to air such information. Coy was called before the sub committee to help the senate crime investigators tracK down the operations of services that supply horse race results for bookies and horse parlors. Elders Asked To Walk. Carefully in Traffic Chicago (U.R) People over 65 are 11 times as likely to be killed while walking in traffic as persons In the 25-44 age group, the Chicago Motor club gays. The main reason, the club finds, is that they are slowed up more by wet and icy streets. Also, they aren't always as care ful. "Elderly pedestrians frequent ly depend upon motorists to slow down or stop for them," said the club president, Charles M. Hayes. "While most drivers are glad to do so when they can, it is a dangerous mistake to count on it. Sometimes automobiles just can not stop in time. Older people should cross streets in bad weather only when they can reach the other side be fore a vehicle approaches, he said, because if they try to hurry they are likely to fall. 'Acmt Ttltphotot FIVINfi SAUCER 1927 VINTAGE Tte above drawing, which shows saucer-shaped objects moored and one coming' in lor a landing, is the idea of a Dutch-born engineer and sculptor. Alexander Q Wcygers ol Monterey. Call!., whe dreamed It up in 1927-iong oefure the first flying saucer report came out of Oregon in 1841. Weygers flying disc which he call! a -dlscopter ' was patented in 1944 and rejected during World War II as "too advanced." He lays the idea Is areonautically sound. SOC Educators Assist With School Contacts Ashland, Apr. 25 Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, president of South ern Oregon college; Dr. John Schulz, director of guidance, and Don Lewis, business manager at the college, are assisting in tne high school contact work of the state system of higher education this week. Dr. Stevenson is contacting graduating seniors of high schools in Brookings, Gold Beach, Langlois, Port Orford, Bandon, Roseburg and Myrtle Creek; Dr. Schulz is visiting high schools in Grants Pass, Rogue River, Eagle Point, Medford, Ashland and Klamath Falls and Lewis is meeting seniors at North Bend, Coqullle, Sutherlin and Myrtle Point. Dr. Schulz will also visit in Klamath and Lake counties the first week in May. The contacts are arranged by the high school contacts coordi nator, Dean Anderson, of the extension division, to explain high educational facilities of the state system and to help seniors plan their future educational programs. WIFIE CHECKS UP Memphis. Tenn. (U.R) The elderly, well-dressed man went into a cafe and hastily ordered something to eat. He seemed harried and probably had a right to be his wife was outside in their car, watching his every move through a telescope. Sutton Named Editor Of Navy Newspaper Ernest R. Sutton, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Sutton, Medford, has resumed the editorship of The Harbor Times, official pub lication of the navy base at Pearl Harbor, according to a release from the naval receiving station. Sutton enlisted in the navy in April, 1948, for a thrue-year hitch, and was assigned to a job as reporter with the Harbor Times because of his journalism experience in Medford senior high school, the release suid. In about a year he had worked his way from reporter to editor of the publication and was sent to the navy school of journalism at the Great Lakes training sta tion where he completed a 12 week course in newswriting, photography, layout and make up. He was graduated eighth in a class of 27. He returned to Hawaii recent ly and resumed the editorship of the four-page tabloid. Sut ton's navy rating is journalist-seaman. BUILDING VOLUME DOWN Medford's dollar volume of building for March $301,700 was a decline of 41 per cent from the amount of building reported here in March, 1049. Building permit values at that time amounted to $508,410. Principal items that boosted the total of last month's building volume here were a S25.000 clinic building and a $31,000 ad dition to a cold storage building. 1 qVJ exfro speed, extra comfort with NEW 4-ENGINE UNITED MAINLINE! SERVICE! Beginning April 30, United offers Medford travelers the extra comfort, speed and luxury of 4-engine Mainliner service! These great planes cruise at 4-miles-a-minute . . . have a capacity of 44 passengers . . . and are equipped with special seats that are as comfortable as your easy chair at homel United offers the very finest service aloft on all Mainliner flights and deli cious meals at meal-time. It's the most pleasant, the fastest way to travel 1 Fares are still low you pay nothing extra for this de luxe service. 4-englne flights offer thru service fo Porfond, Seattle and California! SOUTHBOUND Lv. Medford . . . 4:55 p.m. Ar. Sacramento . 6:35 p.m. m fc-l ri NORTHBOUND ,c""!r.d Lv. Medford , , 1 1:05 a.m. Ar. Eugene. . . 1 1:55 a.m. Ar. Salem , , . 1 2:35 a.m. Ar. Portland . . 1 :15 p.m. Ar. Seattle . . . 2:35 p.m. Ar. San Francisco 7:20 p. m. Ar. Los Angeles . 9:40 p.m. New morning commuter flight to Portland fly up and back the same day. Ask about Unfted's economical Half-Fore family plan. for reservations call or write UNITED AIR LINES Medford Airport Terminal Call 2-7111 OR, SEE AN AUTHORIZED TRAVEL AGENT Ulahli operate on Standard Tim 1 FCC Announces Radio Operator Examination Portland, Apr. 25 Federal communications commission field engineering and motoring division here has announced ra dio operator examinations to be held at the Klamath Falls city council chambers on Saturday, May 13. Two exams will be at 8:30 a.m.: radiotelegraph, all classes code and written examinations, and radiotelephone, first and sec ond class. Class A and B ama teur tests are set for 11 a.m. There will be no variation in schedule. Pens, pencils, ink and rulers must be furnished by applicants. Those desiring code tests must bring telephone receivers. Appli cation forms are available from the FCC office, 307 Fitzpatrick building, Portland 5. Zinfandel grapes are widely grown in California. Employment Jump Shows Improvement In Labor Picture Washington. Apr. JS .UPV-: The bureau of labor statistics re-j ported today that industrial and ; commercial t m p I o y incnl in creased by 636.000 brtwwn mUt February and mid-March t re flect a "continued improvement" in the labor piciure. The mid-March total was 42. 323.000 workers. The bureau said about hall the increase resulted from the end of the soft coal strike with the remainder, for the most part, coming in manufacturing and re tail trade industries. "A significant factor in this year's favorable trend." the re Dort said, "is the record-breaking pace in residential construc tion." Creates Secondary Demand It said the home-building boom has created "secondary demand in furniture, household appli ances, television, building ma terials and a host of related in dustries." Although the mid-March total was 600,000 below the figure of a year ago, the bureau said, the cumulative gain since January was somewhat under 100.000, compared with a 500.000 drop luring the same period last year. The gain from February to March, it said, "reflected a con tinued improvement in the na tion's employment that first be I came evident at the start of the i year." WHY STUDENTS QUIT I Pullman, Wash. (U.R) Money problems and low grades are the major reasons students drop out of school at Washington State college here. In a survey. 16.5 per cent of 1.000 students polled cited financial difficulties for leaving school. Low grades were named by 15.3 per cent; mar riage. 8.6 per cent; poor living conditions, 7.1, and full-time jobs. 6.8. MAKE MIND BETS Ithaca, N. Y. U.R) Students in a class at Cornell university know what it's like to play around with a lot of money. Each has $10,000 to invest but only on paper. 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