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J TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) American Homemaker Cuts 10 Hours From Average Day Npw York. June 10 (U.R) The American homemaker has cut her housework from 50 hours to a 40-hour, 15-to-20 mile week in the last 20 years, but she can't nrove she did it all with "labor-saving" appliances, United Press survey snowed tnHav Two New York housewives one with most of the modern household appliances, the other with almost none oi mem wui naHnmMprc for mileage and watched the clock on their time for a week for purposes of the study. Mrs. "Have" tallied nine hours less labor and 3.88 miles less ...olL-intf than Mn "HhVM Not. but analysis of their records showed me ouierences m temperaments and the capacity of their refrigerators accounted for some of tne saving. Mrs. Chester Schwimmer, 38 ...ifh rlictiurauhlrM? mnchitlP ffST bage disposal unit, automatic washer, dryer, ironer and an au tomobile to help take care of her 8-room house, spent 36 hours An mimiipa in hmiKpkeening activities during the week May 27-June J. ne warned w.ub milpa usinc them and drove another 28.6 miles on household errands. Mrs. Frank Magel, 37, Albans, with none of those conveniences except the washing machine, worked 44 hours and 50 minutes and walked 18.75 miles. Reduction On Average And that, too, is a reduction on the average 50-hour week for city homemakers reported in a 1931 survey of the department of agriculture. While 40 per cent of those 1931 women sent out most of their laundry, both these women did all of theirs at home. Household appliances appar ently saved Mrs. "Have" time in the kitchen and mileage in the laundry. But she walked more than twice as far doing dishes as did Mrs. "Have Not" with her dishpan and outdoor garbage can. Each took about the same time one and one-half hours to wash and iron one machine load of laundry. Mrs. "Have Not," however, walked .4 miles per load, hanging out, bringing In and walking around the ironing board. Mrs. "Have," working in Stone Likeness of Stale To Appear In Flag House Salem. Ore.. June 10 (U.R) A stone shape in the likeness of the state of Oregon will be one of the 48 state stones to adorn it rostrum at the Star Spangled Banner Flag house in Baltimore, Md., the governor's office here said today as Gov. Douglas Mc Kay designated next week as National Flag week in Oregon. F. W. Libbey. director of the state department of geology and mineral industries prepared Ore gon's stone for the Baltimore shrine. A form was made and a terrazzo composite stone poured, mainly of pink rhyollte. Will Contain Map The rostrum of the Star Spangled Banner Flag house will contain a map of the 48 states with each of the state stones set In concrete. In specifying the week as National Flag Week and setting aside June 14 as Flag Day, Gov. McKay stated: "I am designating this week In the firm personal belief that it is impossible to overstress the inspirational values represented by our flag. Since the days when it bore onlv 13 stars, it has been regarded by true patriots the world over as a glowing symbol of freedom and the benevolent might of the United States." Astoria Approves Tax Levy Budget Astoria, Ore., June 10 (U.R) City officials said today Astoria approved a $304,726 tax levy budget of 36 2 mills for the 1950-51 fiscal year. They said the budget was within the legal six per cent limitation and about $7000 more than the current year's levy. Residents of Astoria will pav an 86-mill levy for city, port and county taxes. The greatest Increase In the budget was $11,000 for the fire department's reduction of the work week from 98 to 72 hours. 1 ;f. aN Htr fingeri will virtually fly ever tho electric keyboard. Yet, oven the carriage return! Itclrkollf at the touch of a key. And not only original letteri, but carbon copiei or thorp) and clear. She can mak a away as you need ... at a light finger touch. a Arrange for a demonstration today to ate thH Underwood wonder of typewriter engineering. J L .! T', . MFItrOKn OFHI K EQUIPMENT CO. . Tlt'r 41 Sn firnpf Rt Phone MAIL TRIBUNE a small basement area and sit ting down to the ironing, aver aged just nan as many steps. Almost Satisfied And both women are almost entirely satisfied with their housekeeping lives as mey Hre. Mrs. "Have Nov envies mrs. "Have" only for her extra-sized refrieerator. A good deal of Mrs. Magel's extra time and mileage was run un in trios to the corner store because her own 4-cubic-foot re frigerator just isn't big enough for a family of five. She made eight marketing trips to Mrs. Schwimmer's two four hours and 50 minutes to two hours, 4.6 walking miles to Mrs. Schwimmer's 1.9 by foot and 8.6 by car. A larger refrigerator, Mrs. Magel estimated, would cut that time and energy Dy nan. No Serious Damage By Lightning in Portland Friday Portland, Ore., June 10 U.R) Local police and fire depart ments reported no serious dam age was done by a short light ning storm that struck Portland Friday evening, interrupting electrical service in several areas. Pacific Power and Light of ficials said two residential areas on their lines were struck. In the University homes district, metering equipment was dam aged and one section in the Northeast Piedmont area suf fered a short interruption when substation fuses were burned out. The Portland General Electric company reported lightning dis rupted service in the north and northeast sections of the city. When it struck two 57,000-volt lines. Momentary stoppages oc curred throughout the area, they said, and the suburban Gresham area suffered a break down of service for several hours. I Portland airport and Swan Is land were without PGE power until after midnight, but the air port's emergency generators went into service and plane schedules were not interrupted. Traffic Accidents Kill 28 in May Salem. Ore.. June 10 (U.R) Traffic accidents killed 28 per sons in Oregon during May, the state traffic safety division re ported today. The month's toll brought 1950 traffic deaths to 107. Compared with 102 at the same time last year. It equalled the 28 death. recorded in May of 1949. At least 11 victims died when drivers lost control of their ve hides at high sneed. the dlvisior said. Motorcycle accidents killec two. Accidents in rural area; again proved more deadly than those occurring in c i t i e s or towns, claiming all but seven of the lives lost. Of f icals warned that peak travel loads are expected during the vacation season. A factor that annually increases accident "exposure" on rural highways. This calls for careful speeds to maintain car control in the event of sudden emergency situations, tne division said. First Degree Murder Indictment Returned St. Helens. Ore.. June 10 (U.R) A Columbia county grand Jury Friday returned a first-degree murder Indictment against Nyle A. Battin. Delena. Ore., for the fatal shooting of George Devine May 17. The jury heard testimony for two Hbvi hefor ralnrnlnfl II. n decision. Battin will be ar raigned before Circuit Judge Howard K. Zimmerman before the court's present term expires next Wednesday. Missing Medford Boys located at Portland Marvin Yernrer. 13 nnH ir-rn.t Yeager. 12, of 220 Berrvdaic avenue, reported missing when ! they did not return from a Boy 1 scout meeting Wednesday night, ' were located at the home of ineir father in Portland Friday night, state police said. ! The youths, sons of Mrs. Mar- 1 Jorie Willis, reportedly had hitchhiked to Portland. ...mtDUOOD nTVWw wot liS tw fpQ4 nd ef ftcrency Ionian 2-4 UK) Sunday. June II. 1930 (Acme Ttlephoto) THEY TOLD ME I FAILED' Peggy Ellsworth, 24, Michigan's 1947 Miss America entry, Jailed on narcotics violation charges in De troit, said she became a dope ad dict because "everyone told me I had failed lis life." Police said she admitted becoming a dope addict after unsuccessful attempts to find steady work as a model or enter tainer. 'Mr. U.S. A Contest Scheduled for July Los Angeles, June 10 (U.R) Contestants from all over the United States and one from England will compete in the "Mr. USA" contest at Embassy auditorium here July 1-3, it was announced today. Bert Goodrich, sponsor of the third annual contest, said the winner will receive a $1000 prize, a gold trophy and other awards. A "Miss USA" contest and a "Mr. Western America" con test, the latter for amateurs, will be conducted during the competition. Turquoise has been mined near Sante Fe, New Mexico, for centuries. Do HOME Bruce t. RIVERSIDE HOME IMPROVEMENTS? 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EDT Monday on a motion to send the rent control bill back to the banking committee. In a session lasting 16 hours and 43 minutes, administration lead ers failed to get agreement on a time to vote on the bill itself. Cain returned to his office for three hours this morning and said he was ready to resume talking next week if the sen ate refuses to recommit the bill. He also said he has been promised "adequate help" so that he alone will not have to keep the filibuster going. Progress Claimed "Win or lose, we've made progress," he said. He suggested that the demo cratic leadership's failure to keep the round-the-clock ses sion going showed that "some people must be constrained to think that all was not going as intended." Cain refused to predict the outcome of Monday's vote but he said it will be close. Admin istration spokesmen agred but they believe they have the votes to keep the bill alive. 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Jealousy Blamed for Setting Fire to Home Glendale, Cal., June 10 (U.R) Arthur Simmons, 29, was jailed today on suspicion of setting fire to the home of Marjorie Hathaway, 24, because she had a date with another man. Miss Hathaway said lw be came jealous last night when he found out she had another date and "was waiting outside my house, and hit me with a beer bottle." Firemen extinguished the blaze, then held Simmons who neighbors reported walked calmly from Miss Hathaway's home and later helped firemen fight the blaze. On Needed PHONE 2-6211 Bruce Bauer Lumber Co. 765 S. Riverside Medford, Oregon Gentlemen: Please call to give me FREE estimate on the following items. NO OBLIGATION. CHECK: 1. Exterior 4. Additions 2. Interior 5. Kitchen 3. Bath 6. Grounds Name .... Address 120 Packing Plants Qualified Under Meat Inspection Salem. 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