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If VIRGINIA MjcPHIRSON
United tnm Cmtpod.at
Pittsburg, Cal., Apr. 29 U.R)
A goggle-eyed soldier wiped Lu
cille Ball's purple lipstick off
his face and
reported back
to (J a m p
Stoneman to
day as the
"prettiest G. I.
in the army."
Sgt. Arnold
Svacek from
west Texas,
T e x., earned
the kisses from
the carrot-top-.
ped girl last
night when he
won the army s
first all-male Deauty contest.
He got a dozen of 'em, in fact,
plus a couple of bear hues, and
a cardboard crown that didn't
fit.
Today he's getting gleeful
razzberries from his buddies in
Co. A
Sgt. Svacek, who Is 32 and
married, said he was "too excit-
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ed to know what it's all about."
"They just ordered me to re
port," he gasped after Miss Ball
planted the last sizzling kiss on
his surprised face. "I was in
combat in the South Pacific. It
was hot down there. But that
Was nothin' compared to this!"
Aided Dedication
The blue-eyed movie queen
flew up to the sprawling port
of embarkation lust outside San
Francisco to judge the beauty
contest and help dedicate the
camp's sprawling new $650,000
recreation center.
Twenty enlisted men, wearing
colored satin streamers across
their manly chests and embar
rassed smirks on their faces,
strutted down the ramp and
pirouetted before Miss Ball as
per orders from Col. David H,
Blakelock, their commanding
officer.
She looked 'em all up and
down. She leered at 'em. She
whistled.
"All these men!" she caroled.
"This is tough, ve-r-ry tough!"
The the colonel wasn t mucn
help. He made her pick the win
ner sight-unseen, so to speak.
Wouldn't let any soldier of his
parade around in bathing suits
"A la Miss America." He didn't
think it was dignified.
In Full Uniform
He said Miss Ball would just
have to pick the winner while
he was rigged up in full uniform
and to heck witn Daring meir
rippling torsos for close inspec
tion.
When Sgt. Svacek, hard-hair
ed, brown-eyed, and husky, got
the nod he turned pale under
his deep tan.
"I'll never live this down," he
kept muttering. "Never. I dun-
no if my wife 11 let me in tne
house after this. She didn't think
I d win. She didn t even come
over for the contest.
"But it sure was exciting! '
The sergeant said he's been in
the army 13 years now and noth
ing like this ever happened to
him before.
First Time As Winner
"This is the first beauty con
test I ever won," he grinned.
After the ceremony, the 8,000
soldiers at Stoneman crowned
Miss Ball "The girl we'd most
like to be the favorite husband
of."
Set. Rav Boswell. from New
York City, did the honors and
he got a big kiss, too. All he
could say afterwards was:
wow! I've had it!"
NFW AIR SECRETARY Thomas K. Flnletter (left) Is congratulated by Defense Secretary LouSTa.
Johnson (right) after Flnletter took his oath of office at Washington, D. C. as Secretary for Air. In
background an W. Stuart Symington (left), outgoing Secretary for Air; Secretary of State Dean Ache
t son and Mrs. Flnletter.
Nearly half of the world's
olive oil comes from Spain.
ine ancient Egyptians wor
shiped cats and even built tem
ples in their honor. When a fa
vored cat died its body often was
mummified.
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Traffic Fatalities
For First Quarter
Of 1950 Increase
Chicago, Apr. 29 (U.R) The
natibnal safety council reported
today that country-wide traffic
fatalities for the first quarter of
1950 are nine per cent above
those for the same period last
year.
'This sudden and unexpected
increase in 195U shows the dan'
ger of complacency," the coun
cil's president, Ned H. Dearborn,
said.
March Up 15 Per Cent
After reporting that March
fatalities alone rose 15 per cent,
Dearborn said that "at this rate,
the 1950 traffic toll will exceed
34,000 more than the postwar
traffic spree of 1946 and all the
nard-won gains will be wiped
out."
The total highway deaths for
the first three months of this
year was 7,060, of which 2,440
occurred in March, as compared
to 2,120 in March, 1949, the counJ
cil said.
"All of this year's increase,"
the council said, "is occurring in
rural areas and small towns
while cities of more than 10,000
population have a composite
slightly better than last year."
Texas Towns Lead
No traffic fatalities during the
quarter were registered by 208
of the 477 cities checked by the
council.
The largest cities in the quar
terly no-fatality group were Cor
pus Christi, Tex.; Austin, rex.,
and Allentown, Pa., while Oma
ha, Neb.; Worcester, Mass., and
Syracuse, N. Y., were the larg
est in the March class with a
perfect record.
Among the outsize wildlife
now extinct are the dinosaur, the
moa, the great auk and the dodo.
Ozone Reflects Sounds of Meteors
HIS HEALTH HIS FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS
The Federal Government proposes a form of
Socialized Medicine for citizens of the U.S.A.
Now, before it becomes a law, look at the
children in England (where since the war) they
have "Nationalized" medioine. Study the actual
figures. Then ask yourself if you want your
family to "Enjoy" "Federalized" medicine.
Why Don't You Get the Facts---Before it Is
Too Late The Future is Up to You Right Now!
Study the Government
Plan . . . Compare
the Record in England.
Know what has actually
happened, is happening
under Socialized Medicine
Your family Doctor
is a Family Friend,
independent, skilled
competent and not,
subject to orders from
a "Bureau Chief" or
minor official.
WHEN DID YOU LAST WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN?
By J. Hugh Pruett
Astronomer, Extension Division,
Oregon Higher Education System
Last week we explained that
the sound most commonly heard
from meteorites in flight is not
the thud when they strike the
earth or the final explosion in
the air. Rather, it is' due to the
intense "shock wave'' they create
when tearing through the upper
air at speeds of 20 to 40 miles
per second.
Often an observer does not
connect the gutteral rumbling
with the visual meteor since the
sound may arrive two to five
minutes after the fireball is
seen. In the cold upper air, sound
travels approximately 11 miles a
minute. If the sound arrives
three minutes after the visual
appearance, the nearest cause
originated about 33 miles from
the obesrver.
Sounds Reflected
According to the recent re
searches on upper air conditions,
meteoric detonations are not apt
to reach the earth when the
commotion producing them
takes place more than 30 or 35
miles above ground. The warm
ozone layer extending down
from there for several miles
would reflect sound originating
above that height back into the
higher atmospheric regions.
That produced below this would
reach the earth.
Every meteor tracer is famil
iar with the fact that five or ten
Talent
Talent, Apr. 28. Lions auxil
iary members lunching at the
Elks temple April 21 were Mrs.
Charles Lakey, Mrs. Ira Culver,
Mrs. Frank Christian, Mrs. P. J.
McAbee and Mrs. Ernest White.
A special meeting of the Lady
Tinnc ilia, linlrl of tht hnmO nf
Mrs. Frank Christian April 2d.
Twenty-nine children are talc
ing the first aid course under
Mrs. Harry Lowe on Wednesday
evenings.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles .Lakey
attended the wedding of Bob Sut
ton in Ashland April 23.
Leila Lindstrom, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lindstrom,
and Ralph Connor, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kudy Conner, were
married at a garden ceremony
April 23 at the bride's home.
Many friends attended the cere
mony and reception wnicn fol
lowed.
A number of friends attended
house warming at the new
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Sey
mour near Phoenix.
The Assembly of God church
has finished pouring the con
crete floor in the new edifice
they are building on Wagner
street.
A new Union Oil gas station
is being built on Highway 09 op
posite Skecters garage.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Learning
are parents of a boy born April
25 at the Medford community
hospital.
O.D.O. club will meet May 5
at the home 'of Mabel Dunkin.
The Ideal market was broken
into over the week-end and four
boxes of candy stolen.
Garden club will meet Tues
day, May 2, at Mrs. Claude
Word's home.
"Lucky" Gilbreath is 111 at
home with the flu.
Mrs. Jesse Brown and daugh
ter are visiting at the home of
Mrs. Brown's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. C. Yarnell.
Talent P.-T.A. met in special
session April 18. Officers elected
were: President, Mrs. Bernard
Smith; vice-president, Mrs. For
est Jennings; secretary, Mrs.
Wayne Reichstein; treasurer,
Mrs. Earl Weinhold. Loren Cas
hier and Bernard Smith were
per cent of all reports on a big
fireball will mention that a
whizzing noise like a sky rocket
was heard at the time the meteor
was seen in flight. These sounds
have long been called "psychol
ogical", and were thought to be
Hue to sudden excitement on the
part of the observer and imper
fect memory of the event later.
Dr. Wylie of Iowa says "college
professors have never heard
them." (But such men are noted
for extreme absent-mindedness.)
Known laws of sound propaga
tion permit no such instantane
ous transmission.
Gaining Supporters
But the advocates of "hissing"
meteors are gradually gaining
supporters. Dr. H. H. Nininger,
the national expert on such mat
ters, is definitely convinced
that such sounds are sometimes
heard. The present writer, once
a scoffer at the idea, after
studying 2000 or 3000 reports
received " during the past 18
years, is almost convinced. Dr.
Nininger does not believe such
sounds travel on air waves, but
that some electrical effects are
induced in the proper materials
on the earth near the observer
which are transformed into vi
brations. Such electro-magnetic
waves traveling at the speed of
light, 186,300 miles a second,
would seem instantaneous.
If a current of electricity Is
started in a coil of wire, another
coil nearby but with no wire
connections with the first will
have a current "induced in it.
Radio waves in space are trans
formed into sound by a properly
constructed receiver. Une man
claimed constant annoyance
from a radio station after having
silver fillings put into his teeth.
A snap is sometimes heard some
where simultaneously with a
flash of lightning.
Perhaps some persons are bet
ter attuned than the general run
to detect certain unexplained
phenomena.
Svndar. April 30, 1930
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THWE1
hosts for the evening.
Crater Lake Campfire Girls
were guests April 25 of the girls
in their group working for their
Firemaker's rank. Preparing and
serving the supper were Jayle
Thoresen, Barbara Brannen,
Rosemary Sullivan and Doreen
and Barbara Burnette. Mrs. Roy
Burnette, the guardian, and Mrs.
H. H. Lowe, were guests.
Talent Community club met
April 26 and voted for two of the
group, Mrs. Jason Ottinger and
Miss Bertha Haymon, who work
ed on the x-ray unit, to attend
the luncheon in Medford. word
of appreciation was received
from Mrs. E. D. Partch for help
given in the Easter Seal drive,
also from the Federated Clubs
of Oregon for helping with the
club history. It was voted to buy
one copy of the history for club
use. It was also voted to in
struct Roy Coghill to finish the
tennis court. Mrs. Roy Burnette
and Mrs. Beryl Settlemier were
appointed to attend the Phoenix
carnival meeting Sunday at
2 p. m.
Mrs. Lulah Boyers of the Tal
ent Greenhouse has offered to
build a rock garden at the city
hall.
The Community club haj ac
cepted Mrs. Roy Burnette's resig
nation as chairman of the chest
drive and Mrs. Cedrlc Scharffe
was appointed to the office.
Mrs. Tillie Burnette was to
leave April 28 with her niece,
Miss Gofdle Abbott, to visit rela
tives in Gridley, Cal.
Mrs. Howard Combs is home
again alter undergoing surgery
last week.
Mrs. Joanna Bouldln suffered
minor bruises when her car went
out of control near Wagner creek
school Saturday.
June Storey Sets
New-Type Program
On Station KYJC
Something new in the way of
local western programs will be
inaugurated over station KYJC
starting tomorrow at 8 p.m.
June Storey, former leading
lady with Gene Autry, Ken
Curtis and other western stars,
will present her own half-hour
show, featuring top cowboy
songs, and information regarding
the careers of her former associ
ates in the horse operas.
To Make Phone Calls
Highlights of the story will be
the phone calls made to young
sters who send their name and
phone number to June, at KYJC.
The cards will be drawn from
one of Gene Autrey's hats and
the boy or girl called will have
an opportunity to answer a rid
dle concerning one of the cow
boy stars or their famous horses.
Prizes will be awarded to those
who are able to solve the riddle.
June invites all local young
sters to send in their phone
numbers right now so that they
may be called tomorrow.
A guest star from local ama
teur ranks, specializing in wes
tern music, will appear with
June Storey each Monday even
ing. The program that will be
sponsored by Jorgensen's dairy
and the Andy Maurer Realty
company of Eagle Point.
Outdoor recreation accidents
mi Minnesota in 1949 cost 183
lives. Gun accidents killed 30 in
dividuals and 153 were drowned.
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The largest wild fowl on the
North American continent 1 the
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