TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tueiday, June 27, 1950
In the Day's News
Br FRANK JENKINS
This changing world note:
In London the other night, an
intruder broke into Marlborough
House, the home of Queen Moth
er Mary, stabbed her housekeep
er seven times and beat up the
housekeeper's helper. Queen
Mary, asleep in anther part of
the house, wasn't disturbed.
THAT could happen in the
homes of any of us common
ers, whether British or Amer
ican. Imagine it happening in
the palace housing the mother
of the king of England (whose
other titles, if enumerated fully,
would fill at least a couple of
inches in this printed column).
The first thing we know,
somebody will break into the
Kremlin and lift Uncle Joe's
wallet.
The final report showed that
in this manner 168 pencil stubs
were collected.
EXPECT
saved in
the pencil stubs
the big economy
binge may have been worth as
much as a dime and it is prob
able that the printing or the
mimeographing of the bulletin
of instructions and the final re
port on the campaign didn't cost
more than $10.
Isn't government wonderful?
LJUMAN nature note:
The teletype tells us that
"Scotland Yard's HIGHEST OF
FICIALS went into an immedi
ate emergency conference to dis
cuss the apparent laxity of secur
ity arrangements around the
queen's home."
High and low alike, we rush
to lock the stable after the horse
has been stolen.
GOVERNMENT economy note:
The Library of Congress
(perhaps after reading in the pa
pers that Uncle Sam is behind
with his bills and is having to
increase the mortgage on the
house to pay for his groceries)
decided to PRACTICE ECON
OMY. It selected pencil stubs as
the object of its money-saving
campaign. After the manner of
government institutions it then
issued a bulletin describing the
stub-collecting process. The bul
letin says:
'The routine w simple . . .
Members of the staff should turn
in stubs to the divisional secre
taries . . . The divisional secre
taries will consign them to the
supply officer . . . The supply
officer will In turn issue them
on demand to the stack and
reader service, serials division,
E. T. C."
GOVERNMENT progress note:
Th nrmpH fnrpc nf thp
United States of America have
decided to "give enlisted per
sonnel a cash incentive for tak
ing care of their clothing." Here
is how it will work:
"Starting July 1, enlisted men
and women of all services will
be given money with which to
buy clothes . . . Any saving in
the clothing allowances will be
pocketed by the enlisted men
and women . . . the system also
is expected to cut down on ad
ministrative costs."
VOU ex-GIs know how it usta
be. You'd maybe snag a hole
in your blouse. Whereupon you'd
jump the supply sergeant, and
if your powers of logic were
good or if the sarge had a head
ache and didn't feel up to a
heavy argument you got a new
blouse issued to you.
The government's thinking is
that under the new system
you'll get out your little old re
pair kit and stitch up the snag
ged place, thus SAVING YOUR
SELF DOUGH and saving Uncle
Sam a blouse.
....AROUND HOLLYWOOD
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ALL this talk about heading
for socialism, you sec. is
just wicked republican propa
ganda. Our good old uncle is
leading his Gl children along
the free incentive road. He's
banning socialism even in the
army.
T VIRGINIA
United Pint
Hollywood, June 27 (U.R)
Life in tinsel-town isn't always
as glamorous as it looks to fame
and fortune -
hungry outsid
ers. Judy Garland
shocked the
world last
week when, de
spondent over
losing her job
at MGM, she
hacked hyster
ically at her
throat with the
jagged edge of
a broken glass.
But she was only the newest
victim of Hollywood's special
brand of heartbreak.
Many gilded beauties, their
tarnished glamour rejected by a
fickle public, crack up at the
threatened loss of their dream
world existence.
Blonde sweater girl Carole
Landis solved her problem of a
fading career and frustrating ro
mances two years ago when she
gulped a fatal dose of sleeping
pills.
Frances Farmer, classic blonde
beauty was another whose ca
reer wound up in tragic ruins.
She cracked up in 1943 after a
losing bout with alcohol, benze
drine and romance. After her
marriage to actor Lief Erickson
fizzled out she wound up in an
insane asylum.
Suicide Try Fails
Blonde Jean Wallace, ex-wife
of Franchot Tone, unsuccessfully
tried to commit suicide by plung
ing a butcher knife in her stom
ach last year because, she said,
she was despondent over her ca
reer, the break-up of her mar
riage, and the life that had be
come so empty when Tone won
IJORRIBLE thought: S'pose
there's another war. S'pose
you're in Paris and broke. S'pose
you flirt with the Idea of selling
your OD shirt to a black mar
keteer for plenty coonyak
money. IT WON'T DO YOU
ANY GOOD, for you'll have to
buy another shirt with your own
money to replace it!)
MjcPHERSOH
Corroipoadtnt
custody of their two little boys.
Last year Madge Meredith, a
dark-eyed beauty who was on
her way up, saw her dreams fade
suddenly when she got herself
mixed up in the kidnap-beating
of her former manager, Nick
"The Greek" Gianaclis. A judge
sentenced her to Tehachapi pris
on for five years to life.
Sometimes it takes a long time
for an actress's dreams to die.
Olive Borden, who reigned as a
free-spending flapper queen in
the late 20's, died almost 30
years later, penniless and alone
in a "Skid Row" mission.
Many Cling to Top
But there are many movie
queens who've clung to the top
for a decade or more without
making tragic headlines.
Joan Crawford, Loretta Young,
Claudette Colbert, Irene Dunne,
Barbara Stanwyck, Ann Sheri
dan, Ginger Rogers, Betty Gra
able and Katherine Hepburn are
a few who still are going strong.
For the younger stars, a hap
py marriage seems to balance i
out any career frustrations.
Jeanne Crain, Jane Powell, Es
ther Williams, and Barbara Hale
all top actresses now have
so far managed to combine
world-wide fame and fortune
with everyday living.
Ends in Divorce
Shirley Temple's "storybook
wedding" to John Agar ended
in a sensational divorce suit. Her
married life was so miserable,
she testified, she once toyed with
the idea of driving her expensive
car off a cliff.
Deanna Durbin, who went to
Paris when she found jobs scarce
in Hollywood, has been unhapp
ily married twice. Jackie Coop
er, now married to his third
wife, says his career is so "jinx-
ed" he supports his family only
by accepting jobs on the fringes
of the big-time. Jackie Moran.
the child star of "Huckleberry
Finn," ran into legal troubles
when he passed $4,000 in bad
checks.
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Blanket Sale!
Take a tip from our Blanket Buyer and buy Blankets
now. He has received notice of actual advances on
the three Blankets listed below. Prices are going up.
So join the parade of Blanket Buyers who have al
ready taken advantage of our June Sale. This i the
last week!
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WINTER BEDDING
Your choice of Several Purchase Plans Available dur
ing this Bedding Sale Make your selections and pay
i down and the balance in 3 equal payments or place
your purchase in Will Call and pay as little as 50e
Down Per Blanket and a little each week until your
purchase is completed Or use your regular charge
account.
BEACON'S WOOLAIRE 72x84 ALL-WOOL $6.49
BEACON'S DONAIRE 72x90 ALL-WOOL $9.98
NO. STARS SHASTA 72x90 ALL-WOOL $11.98
BLANKETS LOWER FLOOR
END-OF-THE MONTH SPECIALS
riastic Window and Shower Curtains. Val. to $4.98 $1.69 ea.
Sure-Fit Daveno Covers, Cretone Prints, $15.50 Val $10.50
48-Inch Drapery Fabrics. Discontinued Patterns at $1.39 yd.
Bates Bed Spreads. Discontinued Patterns. Doubles $4.98-$5.98
Cameo Canopy Curtains Complete with Rods. Val. $4.98, $2.29 set
Linens such as Scarfs, Doilies, Cloths, etc. Extra Special 98c ea.
English Lace Table Cloths, 72x90, $12.98 values. Close-out $7.98
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WED. SPECIAL
Woven
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TABLE MATS
Wednesday Sale of 12x
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So cool looking for
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Regular 39c. Special
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WED. SPECIAL
COTTON
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Wednesday Sale of
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Cotton Panties stitched
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