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gTX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. April it. ItSO Use of Fingerprints Valuable Aid to Long Arm of Oregon Law By William Warren United Preii Correspondent Salem, Ore., Apr. 28 U.R) The long arm of Oregon law has fingers: fingers able to span a continent ana nab a man who fled from Ore gon state pris on 33 years ago. A United Press story the other day dis clos e d that Louis S t r o f, 63, who walked away from Oregon state prison here In 1917, had been picked up in Somerville, N. J. The tired little hobo who had lived from handout to handout in the years after his escape was identified through his finger prints prints taken way back in the days when he was admitted to the state prison. I V. "ffi.if I ..T"j Bill Warren MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. - 10:30 P.M. For Complete Prescription Service DAY RSti N'9h and $SrrJ Ca" 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bldgood Hudson Medford' Own Modern Pharmacy Did fingerprints go back that far? Indeed they did, said Warden George Alexander. The prison began taking prints in 1910, being the first in Oregon, along with Portland police to adopt the system introduced in this country in 1HU. That Introduction to America was an interesting one. The occasion was the St. Louis World Fair. England sent the crown jewels for exhibit at the fair, and men from Scotland Yard came along to guard them. Sir E. R. Henry had set up a finger print system for Scotland Yard and the men who came with the crown jewels took fingerprints as a precautionary measure. The system took hold in this coun try. Of course the Chinese had been practicing a form of finger printing for several hundred years, but this was new for America. Other cities Adopt Plan Gradually other cities added fingerprint departments until now prints are taken by police departments of all the large cities and many of the smaller ones. Every sheriff's office in the state takes prints. When the state police were organized in August, 1931, they started a master file of finger prints and it now is available to every peace officer in the state and to authorities in other states. A copy of each set goes to the FBI in Washington for its master file and a copy goes into the master file of the state here. The Oregon Bureau of Identi fication here the OBI is di rected by George A. Kanz, who has most of the records in his mind so that he just about knows if there is or isn't a record on a man when his prints come in. The OBI checks each card of fingerprints against its files. If the man has a previous record, or is wanted elsewhere, the in formation is sent to the authori ties interested. Information Sent In turn when other states find through fingerprints that a man lias a record in Oregon or is wanted here, the information comes to the OBI. Or if the FBI finds the man has a record it informs this state. That's how fingers of the long arm of Ore gon law reached out to fetch Strof back to Oregon state prison. That brings up another ques tion. How long do these prints when you change to G01DEN WEST'S richer flavor" Says Mona Van Dyke Schafer, prominent West Coast Home Economist 1 Make it yow usual way Irregular drip Silex I... it's ground 3 ways Us Va ord net the richer flavor hat saves you up to .18 on every poiidl "Wlien I tasted Golden West using 13 less, I was skeptical until my first taste. That sold mcl Only a truly richer coHee can give richer flavor in the cup. You make the change and get 20 extra cups per pound that's smart economy I h last? Longer than a man's life time, says Kanz. And mat s as long, of course as they are useful. Says Kanz: "When we have p o si t i v e proof that a man is dead, his card is taken from the active files and placed in the inactive or dead file. We keep these indef initely. An insurance company may want proof ol nis aeain or dcntification. Or relatives may make inquiry. When we have no positive proof, but our files show that the man is 85 or 90 years old. we Dresume him to be dead and his file goes into the inactive list." 395.000 Matter Cards The OBI has some 395,000 master cards in its active files. It has only about 8,000 in its dead file. But the reason for the seeming discrepancy is that it's only been in recent years that the dead file has been kept. Be fore then, the records were destroyed after proof of death. Besides, the OBI has some 130.000 nhotos of criminals and a seDarate single finger file mnHp un from the master files, each of which records all fingers and thumbs. The reason for the single finger print files, taxen onlv for those men who have been convicted of major crimes or crimes of violence, is so that, in case of a robbery, only one fingerprint is found at the scene, the OBI can use that fingerprint to put the finger on the criminal. The long arm of Oregon law, indeed, has firm fingers. Medford Man Named College Alumni Head Portland, Apr. 28 John Brewer, member of the June Graduating class of Lewis and Clark college, has been ap Dointed executive secretary of the Albanv-Lewis and Clark association. He will assume his new office in June. Brewer's responsibilities will include promotion of alumni activities and general college nublic events with special at tention to annual tours of the colleee choir and mens glee club. For the past two years he has been student manager of the choir tour and director of the men's elee club, Prior to three years' army service Brewer was office man ager of consolidated ireigni- wavs in Medford. He is a member of Acacia Masonic fraternity and Blue Key national honor society for men He was eraduated from Medford high school in 1940 and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. K. A Brewer, 307 Medford. Laurel street, Employment Lowers Along Pacific Coast San Francisco. Apr. 27 (U.R) Employment on the Pacific coast decreased during 1949 in line with a nationwide trend, the U. S. bureau of labor statistics reported today. Industrial and commercial em ployment in California, Wash ington and Oregon averaged 4.- Of) 1.000. a decrease of 3 per cent under 1948. Principal declines were felt in manufacturing, especially ma chinery and shipbuilding, con struction and trade. However, in the last quarter of the year, "encouraging'' re vivals were noted in residential building, lumber and trade. TACTICAL ERROR Coral Gables, Fla. (U.R) Mrs. Grace A. Flinje picked the wrong car to bump into when she turned to wave at a friend. Her car slammed into the rear of a police cruiser, doing $85 damage. Mrs. Flinje paid $15 fine. Mile Rock Lighthouse, about half-a-mile off San Francisco, Is visible for fourteen miles at sea. WE WELL PAY $1.00 PEIR PAY TO ALL WHO ORDER A NEW DESOTO or PLYMOUTH NOW Here's how it works, we will accept an order and a deposit on the model of your choice and pay you a dollar a day (up to $100.00) for every day you have to wait for de livery due to the strike. BUY DESOTO-PLYMOUTH NOW and SAVE The strike may soon be over Act now - Remember: Another Day Another Dollar HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 SOUTH RIVERSIDE Medical Professor Warns on Use of Magic Hormones San Francisco, Apr. 28 (U.R) A Stanford university medical professor warns that ACTH and cortisone, the "magic" hormones used successfully in treating many diseases, may have toxic effects. Dr. William Kazell said last night that ACTH and cortisone are now "tools of laboratory and clinical research and not cures for diseases." He said their promise lies in the hope that derivatives of the two substances will be found which do not have harmful side effects, are less expensive and which will relieve or cure cer tain diseases. May Build Resistance He said ACTH, a protein sub stance, might build up in the body such a resistance that a patient would not respond to continued injections of it. "ACTH, on long continued ad ministration," Kazell said, "can produce a condition not unlike diabetes In some individuals, and this elevation of blood su gar is not always responsive to the use of insulin." ACTH, he added, can also pro duce a condition of dropsy through enlargement of the adre nal glands and an elevation of blood pressure "to dangerous levels." Gland May Cease He said the prolonged use of cortisone probably will cause the adrenal gland of the patient to cease functioning properly. It can also produce a condition of dropsy, he said. Control Board Urges Food Budget Increase Salem, Ore.. Apr. 28 U.R) The state board of control ap proved an increase of 10 per cent in the food budget of the Oregon state hospital today. Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry proposed the increase, saying he did not feel that pa tients at the state hospital here were getting the proper grade of food. Rat Revision Asked The board also decided to ask the 1951 legislature for an up ward revision of rates for vol untary patients at the hospital. Most of these are ones being treated for alcoholism. Volun tary patients now are charged in accordance with the ability to pay, up to $25 a month. The legislature will be asked to in crease the rate to a maximum of $50 a month, with $60 a month the rate for voluntary alcoholic patients. Gov. Douglas McKay said he thought the legislature would ap prove the boost if the members understood the situation. "It costs more money if we are to bring the food diets up to the proper standard," he said. "And I believe that some pa tients and their relatives are fi- "In certain individuals the administration of ACTH and cortisone causes an acute mania during which patients have to be restrained and treated as mental cases," Kazell said. "In other patients, sleeplessness is a difficult problem. . ACTH and cortisone have been used to treat gout, rheumatic fe ver, certain forms of arthritis, lobar pneumonia, asthma and certain kidney disease with "striking success." he said. nancially able to contribute to these increased costs. ' Gov McKay asked that a study be made of the use of utos by various state institu tions with a view toward co ordinating vehicle use. Pooling of Cars Urged "I believe there is a waste in the use of cars among the in stitutions," he said, "and if a plan could be worked out where a vehicle of one institution could handle services for another near by institution, the state might save considerable money." He mentioned the Fairview home, Hillcrest school for girls and tuberculosis hospitals as be ing in the same general vicinity where vehicular use could be pooled. The board took under consid eration a proposal to build a warehouse here to store surplus property bought by the state from the federal government. Wakefield Walker, executive sec retary of the state educational agency for surplus property, said the warehouse could be built for $20,000 to $25,000 and the cost could be made up in rentals over a period of about four years. The state gets about $200,000, original value, worth of surplus from the federal government a month. Wakefield said surplus property will be available to the state for about six more years. OUTRANKED BY WIFE Manchester, N. H. (U.R) One ranking navy officer doesn't rate a salute from Petty Officer Horace L. Carter. The officer is Lt. Cmdr. Donna Carter, his wife, and a navy nurse. Carter calls her "dear" instead of "sir" at home. 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