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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wadnasday, May 17, 1950 PARK II PINT-SIZED Somervllle. Mass U.R) This clty'a Paul Revere Park li be lieved to be the smallest recog nized park in the world. Only 25 feet long, it is 12 feet wide at one side and five feet wide at the other. Hollywood, May 17 (U.R Actress Agnes Moorhead has filed suit for divorce from her husband of almost 20 years, Act or Jack G. Lee. Superintendent Tells Water Department's Financial Condition NEW Nelly Dons As Cool and Fresh as They Look DOTTED SWISS PIQUE TISSUE CINCHAM and 100 NYLON PEN LINE PRINT SHEER In New Modern Free Hand Block Pattern Adri lenne s 214 E. Main - Phone 2-7169 A nnmhpr of reauests con cerning the financial set-up of the citv water department have been made in recent weeks, ac cording to Robert A. Duff, su- oerintendent. and he today is sued a statement setting forth answers to these questions. Many of the queries were In connection with the proposed $2,800,000 bond Issue for water department development, ex pansion and improvement, on whirh Medford voters will de cide at the election Friday, Duff said. Pay From Rentals He stated that the bond issue will be entirely repaid from monies obtained from water rentals. As an example of the department's ability to make these payments, uuif cuea rev enue and expenditure estimates for the year 1949-50. The collections estimated would be $298,255. Operation and maintenance costs, includ ing capital improvements budgeted, were $129,579. This would leave a balance of $166,- 676 for the payment of bond in terest and repayment or Dona principal. Tne surplus arjove mis re quirement is accumulated in sinking funds to defray the cost I of major distribution system en- of com I Grand breakfast main dithl Here's the "power" of corn. Taste powerfully modi Crisp, sweet, fresh! Your bargain in goodness Kellogg'a Corn Flake. tin MOTHM KNOWS "yT US mm largements, the purchase of sup plies and for the retirement of bonds ahea dof schedule on call able dates. Debts Paid Off By such procedure, the city's water indebtedness in 1927, in the amount of $1,261,000, has been paid off until only $66,000 remain. This amount will be re tired Mar. 15, 1952, four years ahead of the original bond pay ment schedule. The financial position of the department is excellent, Duff said. On Apr. 30, 1950, an abbre viated balance sheet listed the asBeiB aim jiauutuca uuuwo Assets Cash and invest ments, all funds..? 129,281.94 Supplies and ac counts receivable 64,186.85 Big Butte pipe line, real estate, equip ment, distribution system, all physi cal assets, less depreciation 1,444.427.93 Suspense accounts.. 6,606.29 $1,644,503.01 Liabilities Warrants outstand ing, users depos its, material in terest $ Bonds outstanding Water rental In ad vance, money col lected for other funds, etc Pro pnetory a c count, (net worth) 1,558,520.18 8.514.59 66.000.00 11,468.24 $1,644,503.01 Duff stated that the water de partments accounts are public records, audited each year by certified public accountants. He further stated that anyone de siring a more complete financial statement could obtain it by calling at the commission office at the city hall. Portland, Ore., May 17 (U.R) Howard R. Dahn, 30-year-old In surance sales man, apparently killed himself by turning on gas in a kitchen stove late yesterday, police reported. (A ant Teltphato) FLOOD RESCUE NeO Shane (arrow), tJ, watches as Fireman William MacMlllan rows Kenneth Gobel and Peter Roth, both 13, to safety after all three of the youths were trapped in a wooded area near Chicago when the north branch of the Chicago River flooded suddenly. Shane was rescued a short time later from his tree trunk perch. Fliers Glad To Be Back on American Soil After Being Captives of Reds Honolulu, T. H., May 17 (U.R) Two American fliers, on U. S. said again after 19 months captivity in communist China, patiently accepted delaying G.I. red tape today as their happy wives nervously awaited their arrival on the mainland. Although appearing nervous and tired, William C. Smith and Elmer W. Bender were visibly moved as they stepped from a navy . privateer bomber last night. The big plane landed as the sun was setting over the island of Oahu. Glad To Be Back Rear Adm. John E. Gingrich, chief of staff for the command er in chief of the Pacific fleet, greeted the smiling men. After a brief pause for photographers, they were hustled into a waiv ing automobile as a tight cor don of navy shore police held back reporters. Their only statement was that A Proclamation To ALL BOYS and GIRLS! and their mommies and daddies TOY SALE at the TOY HOUSE BABY DOLLS ly $24.95 W 5,795 THURS., FRI., SAT. MAY 18, 19, 20 ELECTRIC TRAINS Ware $18.95 Now $15.95 A RADIO HAT Wat $8.43 NOW $5.95 PULL TOYS SOFT TOYS GROWN-UP DOLLS WRINGER DOLLS WIND-UP CARS - TRUCKS - MECHANICAL TOYS - BLOCKS - DOLL BUGGIES DRI-VIT TRUCK RADIO CONTROLLED Was $39.50 Now $27.95 PEDAL CAR Was $22.50 Now $16.95 GAMES V TO Vi OFF BOOKS 79c MANY OTHER BARGAINS TOO WONDERFUL VX. 2 for $1.49 CEMENT MIXER Was $11.75 NOW S7.95 ALL SALES FINAL NO REFUNDS NO EXCHANGES rwr i TO MENTION HOUSE tWTi'l .l'HIUTA JaW! 'V.I I n m TELEPHONE Z'bHHIIil't ViJ III i 28 S.BARTLET1 BEDFORD, ORE. they were "glad to be back on American soil." Smith and Bender were taken to the Tripler General hospital from where they had planned to telephone their wives. However, they cancelled those plans because reporters were "hovering around." "They don't want to talk to a radio audience which it what it would have been last night," ex plained Cmdr. Merle MacBain who accompanied the fliers on the return flight. MacBain denied any knowl edge of whether the men signed confessions that they were spies during their imprisonment as was earlier reported. He said he had no knowledge of their ex periences and had not question ed them since he joined them during their rendezvous with the destroyer Parks May 10. The two men are expected to leave for the mainland late to day or early tomorrow. A ma rine plane will carry them to long Beach, Cal., where Smith lives, and Bender will continue on to his home in Cincinnati, O. But first they will undergo thorough medical checkups at Tripler hospital, receive their pay and be issued new clothing. A navy spokesman said they may be treated for anemia and minor exhaustion as they have lived primarily on a rice diet since their capture in October, 1948. SQUEALS SMOTHERED Manila. P. I.-4U.R) Burglars stole Luis Villacorta's four-month-old pig after chloroform ing the animal to keep it from squealing. MEDFORD 117 S. Central 2-6241 Invites You to See V SURTON FRfMOUW In His Fimoul 'Kook Kwickies' Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 10:3012:002:004:00 New ideas for use in daily pressure cooking SEE Hew to pop com in your pressure cooker SEE A complete dtnner of 6 different vegetables, custard pudding and meat cooked in only three minutes In your pressure cooker. FREE A fivor to everv adult ittendina a ' QUICKIE'' ' quicki. Issts enly 10 to to 15 minute. SPECIAL SALE PRICES This Week Only on Ward's Pressure Cooker 4-qt. Cast Aluminum 11.45 6-qt. Cast Aluminum 12.88 Oklahoma Outscores Kansas For Tornado Championship Washington, May 17 (U.R) Oklahoma beat Kansas 88 to 56 for the 1949 tornado champion ship, the weather bureau said today. Missouri was third with 23 and Texas fourth with 22. For 1916-49, riowever, Kansas still leads with an average of 16 a year. Iowa is second with 15, Texas third with 13, and Okla homa fourth with 10. Big Wind Performance Oklahoma's surge in 1949 was just one of the Sooner state's big wind performances of recent years. M. O. Asp of the Okla homa City weather bureau of fice writes about them in the Weather Review published monthly by the weather bureau here. Though 1949's 58 tornadoes were by far the largest number for any one year in Oklahoma. cevpral nthpi- vprt nrndliced whirlwinds that took more lives I or-did more damage. in 1942, for example. 15 tor nadoes killed 144 Oklahomans. That toll was nearly 100 greater than the 18 persons killed by last year's record number of twisters. Last year's winds did property damage of $4,035,060. But in 1948 one-third as many torna does, 19. destroyed $17,506,000 worth of property. General Rule Violated Most of 1948's damage was done in March when two tor nadoes hit Tinker field five days apart, violating the general rule (often observed in the breach) that twisters seldom hit the same place twice. From 1875 through 1949 Okla homa has had 469 tornadoes wlhch took 924 lives, injured 4, 106 persons, and did $51,400,000 damage. As the state grew in popula tion and wealth, it became more liable to disaster. In 1896 a tor nado ripped along a six-mile path without hurting anybody. If a twister should cut through the same area now, "it would be difficult to imagine the death and damage that would result," Asp said, because the storm would hit Oklahoma City's fin est residential section. Move Northeastward Asp's study shows that torna does usualfy move northeast ward along a straight line. Usu ally, that is. Sometimes they make a complete circle. Usually tornado paths are less than 10 miles long. But a storm in April, 1947, swept 221 miles Texas, through northwestern Ok lahoma into Kansas. Twisters usually are less than 440 yards wide but some have cut a swath more than two miles wide. Military Ball to Mark Armed Forces Day A military ball at the armory Saturday night and open house at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall, 42 North Front street, Fri day evening and all day Satur day will be among events round ing out National Security week observance in Medford. George Ketchum, chairman for both activities, said that open house at the VFW hall will com mence at 8 p.m. Friday. On Sat urday the hall will be headquar ters for Armed Forces day ob servance. The Saturday dance will com mence at 9 p.m. It is sponsored by the Marine Corps league and will be open to the public. 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