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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1950)
f SECOND SECTION FEATURES RADIO CLASSIFIED COMICS Medford Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 181950 Pages 1-6 Commission Plans Bid Call for Work On Prospect Road Bids for reconstruction work on the Crater Lake highway will be put up for bids by the state highway commission Thursday and Friday, May 25 and 26, in Portland, it was announced to day. Thirty-three highway pro jects, expected to cost more than $2,600,000, will be offered for bid. They are in 26 different counties, and four are in Jack son county. ' , On the Crater Lake highway between Cascade Gorge and Prospect, the 7.5 mile section is to be strengthened and widened with new rock base and a three inch course of asphaltic con ' crete. The improvement will 20-foot pavement and new rock shoulders along the pres ent highway, and is expected to carry heavy loads without the rfrasiir load restrictions that had to be imposed last winter, A new masonry block main tenance building at Prospect is included in the letting. Bids are to be received for imnrnv'PlTlpn t of "C street Phoenix to the status of a heavy TOMORROW VOTE for WAYNE tvJORSE REPUBLICAN FOR U.S. SENATOR He Has the Ability, Political Courage and the Rugged Hon esty Oregon Wants in Congress RE-ELECT Senator Wayne Morse Pd. Adv. Jackson Co. Committee for Waynt Mors, for Seniror bituminous macadam wearing surface between Maple street and the south city limits. As part of their current pro gram of continually confronting the highway commission with two-county units in a highway improvement priority schedule, representatives from Jackson and Josephine counties are to meet in Grants Pass today to choose delegates to appear be fore the commission May 26. Groups from the two coun ties have already stated their views on highway needs in this area to the legislative highway interim committee. The prior- o to improvement of highway 99 between Central Point and Asn land, will be reiterated before the commission during the 15 minute audience that will be granted the delegation from here May 26 in Portland. . A note of historical interest on highways was received to day by Judge F. L. Tou Velle, Jacksonville, from former-Governor Oswald West, Portland, a noted amateur Oregon historian. Ex-Governor West noted that first construction on the $500, 000 Pacific highway through Jackson county was started 36 (years ago, on Mar. 19, 1914. AACS Detachment to Hold Open House Fire Protection Costs to Rise if Postponed, View Of Fire Consultant Here The longer Medford residents put off bringing their fire pro tection up to date the more it will cost, to do so, Capt. Leo Weidner, consultant and acting chief, brought out in a talk to Kiwanians at Rogue Valley Country club yesterday noon. Concerning the $125,000 bond issue for fire department expan sion and the four-mill continuing levy for fire department opera tion and maintenance, proposals that will be on the ballot at Friday's election, Weidner stres sed that they are companion measures. One is useless without the other, he stated. Truck "Indispensable" A ladder truck, which would would be provided out of the bond issue, is indispensable, he declared. Weidner said that he cannot see how Medford has gotten by without one for so long. He outlined the need for cast and west side fire stations, pointing out that with the rail road tracks dividing the town with the present fire hall located east of the tracks, serious delay in answering west side alarms can result. An east side fire station is necesary, he stressed, because there is only one through route to that section of town. He also mentioned the poten tial dangers to the main fire station resulting from nearby gas storage, and other factors. Weidner informed Kiwanians that city officials have been warned that, if nothing is done to improve the department, in surance rates wil be raised. Yesterday's Klwanis program was highlighted by selections by three units of the Medford high school musical department. They were the brsss sextet and cornet quartet of I. A. Mirick's instru mental department and the boy's vocal octet directed by Miss Lorraine Veidt. Mr. Jack Crawford, president of the local reserve officer asso ciation, spoke in connection with National Security week, empha sizing that world conditions are more critical than the average citizen realizes. He revealed that national defense costs 34 cents out of every tax dollar and that I cents is for equipment, 26 cents for upkeep of the armed forces and 21 cents for planes, ships, tanks and guns. Crawford called upon Kiwan ians to encourage young men to participate in the national de fense program. Eat More Turkey, Government Asks American Citizens Washington. May 17 (U.R) Uncle Sam would be mighty grateful if you would eat a couple of big turkey sandwiches now. Agricultural officials passed the word today. They said it would take only a slight boost in per capita turkey consump tion during the next 60 days to. save the government from a multi-million dollar price sup port loss this summer. Department Committed To complete its 1949-cron sup port program, the agriculture department is committed to buy up at the support price "left over" stocks of 1949-crop turkey meat in July. The 1950 crop for which there will be no price support starts moving to mar ket in August. Cold storage holdings of 1949- crop turkey meat on May 1 stood at a near record high of 92,000,- 000 pounds. Unofficial forecasts of the left-over "surplus" the government will have to buy up in July range from 5 million to 30 million pounds. But officials are hopeful the American consumer will get a sudden yen for turkey meat and eat up all the stocks. Turkey Good Buy "It's a good buy right now," says Hermon I. Miller, assistant director of the department's poultry branch. "If people would compare prices of turkey now with some other meats, they'd see it's a good buy." Turkey meat dumped in Uncle Sam's lap under the price sup port program in July prooaDiy will be donated to the federal- out of every defense dollar 35 state school lunch program. WE WILL BE 0PEE1 FRIDAY, MAY 19th (PRIMARY LECTION DAY) For your convenience we will be open regular hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p. m. on Friday, May 19th. We urge you to exercise your responsibility of citizenship by going to the polls. Vote as you please ... but be sure to vote! MEDFORD BRANCH FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND "Itt's Mi Ortgtm Togtthtr"' PtVtV MM OfPaST WSUt AWt! COtfOIATtON OPEN 10 to 5, fotlvding JotWey The local detachment of the airways and air communication service will hold open house c Armed Forces day, Saturda May 20, it was announced today. The public is invited to visit t''- ACS station at the munici pal airport, located in the red uuildmg southwest ot tne hangar, and the remote trans mitter site located on Delta Waters road near the old Crater cold. Lake highway. The AACS is the communica tions arm of the air force and provides radio navigational aids and communcations to pilots of military aircraft. Washington, May 18 (U.R) Mrs. Harry S. Truman cancelled all of her engagements for today and tomorrow because of a bad Blame King's Demand On Palace Intrigue San Fr.mcii-LG, May 18 (U.R) Queen Mother Nazli blamed pal ace intrigue today for King Fa rouk's angry demand that dark eyed Princess Fathia break with her commoner husband and re turn immediately to Egypt. The stately and dignified dow ager claimed that Farouk's cou sin. Prince Mohammed Ali, was behind a decree that stripped 19-year-old Fathia of her title of princess, ordered her to separate from Rind Ghali, 31, and seized her property in Egypt. The king's anger was pro voked when Fathia wed Ghali, who has been Nazli's political advisor since 1946. in a civil ceremony April 25. He is a cop tic christian, but said he will embrace islam. The marriage will not be con summated until the couple is wed under moslem rites, within a few days. possibly DOG SOUNDS MESS CALL Covington, Tenn. (U.R) The family dog calls E. G. Waddell to dinner. 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