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1,000 Attend Firs!
Broadcast Friday
Of 'Veterans Hour'
Camp White An audience es
timated at over l.ouo wunessea
the premiere of the new Camp
White radio show, "The Veterans
Hour " snonsored by Myers-Hol
land post of the American Le
gion, Central Point, here last Fri
day.
Featured on the program as
guest master of ceremonies was
Universal International Pictures'
Charles Mack, Hollywood actor,
. who introduced the vaudeville
acts which included Ralph Ettell
and his banjo; Colleen Hope and
students in a dance, and Miss
Judv March of the Make Be
lievers, a song stylist.
The Camp White orchestra
played a medley.
The "Make Believers," cur
rently appearing at the Red
Barn, and the "Hungry Five," a
musical act from Medford senior
high school, were also part of
the Droeram.
Guests included Mrs. Marie
Wilcox, state senator from Jose
phine county; "Bill" Abbott, rep
resenting Mayor Burleson of Cen
tral Point; Stanley Jones Jr.,
representing Mayor D. L. Flynn
of Medford; Albert Thompson,
senior vice-commander of Myers-
Holland Post; Jack Peters, Dis
trict 4 commander, American Le
gion, representing Department
Commander Hollis Hull; Hugh
Williams, commander of Post 15,
Medford, and Adam Kilpatrick,
personal representative of Mrs.
C. S. Jackson of the Oregon
Journal.
The quiz program following
the vaudeville featured Jimmy
Dunlevy of KYJC as master of
ceremonies, and Mack asking the
questions. Members of the Camp
White domiciliary center only
are eligible to participate, and
all six contestants won a prize.
They failed to answer the jack
pot question, and the grand prize
was held over for the next show
on April 11.
Medford and Central Point
merchants furnished the prizes
for the contest.
Man Finds Boiled Egg
In Chocolate Malted
Boston U.R) George Huestis
ordered a chocolate egg malted
in a soda fountain.
"How do you want the egg?"
asked the waitress.
"Boiled," replied Huestis,
thinking she was joking.
Sipping his drink, he discov
ered an odd object in the glass.
He found that it was, indeed, a
boiled egg, with shell removed.
The horrified proprietor, sum
moned the waitress for a show
down. "That's just what he ordered,"
insisted the waitress, who was
putting in her first day on the
job.
TAKING HER TURN behind hot stove to dish up chow, Betty
Hutton, currently entertaining troops in Korea, gives Corporal Earl
Jones of Buffalo, N. Y., a big smile and ladle-full of beans as hungry
members of 25th Infantry Division look on. ' (International)
Italian Movie Chief Seeks
Unknown Girl for Star Role
New York (U.R). Italian i down for his last picture, "Ujh-
movie director Vittorio De Sica
thinks Gene Tierney is one of
the most beautiful actresses in
the world, but he would prefer
to star "a citizen from the
street" in his first American
movie.
He just doesn't like to star
movie queens in his pictures "un
less, by accident, the star repre
sents the type."
Not that he has anything
against glamour, the handsome
former matinee idol protested
in an interview shortly after he
arrived for his first visit here
Actresses Admired
"I have a great admiration for
your actresses Joan Crawford
and Olivia De Havilland and for
their intelligence, too," he said.
"But I think you lose spontan
eity when you try to fit the ac
tress to the role."
So, if Hollywood agrees when
he goes out there to discuss pos
sible picture deals De Sica will
film an American love story,
"Maybe in Chicago or New York
or another city," with a girl who
never dreamed of stardom in
the leading role.
An unemployed laborer, Lam
berto Maggiorani, became an
overnight sensation when De
Sica picked him for the leading
role in "Bicycle Thief."
He discovered Pier Angeli,
now a star both here and in
Italy, but regretfully turned her
berto D
"She had not the face, nor the
. . . ah . . . interior, that I need
ed," said the director. "I needed
an almost primitive girl who
would commit evil without the
knowledge of the wrong she was
doing."
He found her in the small
town of Aquila, working as an
apprentice dressmaker. Some
day, he predicted, the girl, Ma
ria Pia Casilio, will be a great
actress.
Science at Work
New York (U.R) The age of
the "Hotu Man" may soon be
determined by the use of radio
active atoms.
"Hotu Man" is a prehistoric
specimen, dug up from a section
in northern Iran by a team of
University of Pennsylvania sci
entists last year. His age has
been estimated at between 15,000
to 75,000 years.
The Hotu remains consist of
two skulls and other . human
bones. They were found about
40 feet below the earth's surface,
below the gravel layers of the
Iron Age, the Copper Age and
the Stone Age. The scientists be
lieve that two or more men of
some ancient day had been sit
ting in a cave when a rockslide
came down and crushed them
to death.
Delicate Instrument
Here is how the scientists hope
to learn the approximate age of
Hotu. All fossils, rocks and oth
er ancient matter contain a cer
tain amount of Carbon 14 atoms.
The atoms are radioactive, and
one half of that radiation is spent
in 5.000 years. After 30,000 years
the radiation is so weak that it
cannot be counted.
The radiation count is made
by use of a Geiger counter, a del
icate instrument that picks up
radiation. If the Hotu man is
older than 30,000 years and
By PAUL F. ELLIS
United Press Science Editor
there is some belief that he is
then his effects will have no
measurable radioactivity. In oth
er words, they can determine for
sure whether he is 30,000 years
old but if he is older than that,
there is no way to tell his exact
age.
Tests Have Bearing
The scientists point out that a
determination of Hotu's age
might prove that human beings
lived almost in their present
form in a glacial era when an
thropologists had thought man
kind was represented only by
sub-human ancestors.
The tests, according to Dr.
Froelich G. Rainey, might show
that modern man shared the
earth with the sub-human forms
and perhaps even preceded them.
Attorney Opens Office
In Brophy Building
Attorney Walter Nunley an
nounced this week that he has
opened an office for the general
practice of law in Room 1, Bro
phy building.
Nunley, who was formerly as
sociated with the Roberts,
Branchfield and Kellington law
firm, is a candidate for the
Republican nomination for dis
trict attorney of Jackson county.
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MEDFORD, OREGON
32 West 6th Street
Phone 2-6251
Medford Navy Man
On Thailand Vessel
Richard Page, a quartermas
ter seaman in the U.S. Navy and
son of Herbert Page, 521 Grape
street, Medford, recently com
pleted a tour of duty aboard the
Frigate Bangpakong, of the Thai
land Navy, according to a press
release from the fleet home town
news center.
Page said he can now better
appreciate the full meaning of
United Nations cooperation. The
vessel on which he served is a
former British corvette, similar
to an American destroyer-escort,
which was given to the Republic
of Thailand. The ship was oper
ating off the eastern coast of
Korea near Wonsan and Song
jin. The press release said that
such cooperation among varied
national fighting forces is com
mon in the Korean conflict, with
American, British, Greek, Turk
ish, French, South American and
other troops fighting side-by-side.
West Coast Line
Loses Bellingham,
Grants Pass Stops
Washington U.F0 West
Coast airlines Tuesday had a
new franchise to continue its
operations in Washington end
Oregon until Sept 30. 1954.
The Civil Aeronautics board
renewed the operating rights cf
the line but eliminated its route
between Seattle and Bellingham,
Wash. WCA operations will be
limited to runs between Med
ford in southern Oregon to
Seattle.
WCA Seeking Merger
In another case still pending
before the CAB. West Coast is
seeking a merger with Empire
Air lines. It was previously de
nied a requested merger with
Southwest which operates fnra
Medford to San Diego. Calif.
The board deferred action on
an application for a route be
tween Medford and Klamath
Falls and it suspended Wet
Coast's authority to serve Port
Townsend and Kelso in Wash
ington and Grants Pass and M
Minnville in Oregon.
5PCA Inspector Kills
Cais Roaming Estate
Victoria. B. C. UPJ Cats
that escaped the shotgun blasts
of SPCA inspector Ben Maggs
were promised their lives Tues
day, but no more chicken twice-a-week.
Maggs had been carrying out
the deathbed wish of Mrs. W. F.
B. Berger. wealthy widow for
merly of Denver, Colo., who had
let about 150 stray cats roam
her estate near here. Maggs. his
shoulder sore from the recoil of
his shotgun after killing 138
felines in three days, said he did
not know how many more cats
were left on the estate.
Neighbors pleaded to be al
lowed to take care of the remain
ing cats roaming the underbrush.
Mrs. Berger spent about $150 a
month feeding them meat deli
cacies, including chicken twice-a-week
and 14 quarts of milk a
day.
New Source of Wafer
For Southwest Needed
Washington 4U.PJ The South
west must find new sources of
water or its future economy
"will be in jeopardy because of
recurring drought." according to
the interior department
The best source appears to be
the coastal streams of the Pacific
Northwest and northern Califor
nia and the ocean itself, it said.
Secretary of the Interior Oscar
L. Chapman issued a report
"The drought in Southwestern
United States" which said the
10-year water shortage which
has been threatening the area is
one of the eighth most severe
droughts since the 13th century.
Both the federal Bureau of
Reclamation and California have
been considering plans for imp
porting water from the north to
the arid southland, it said.
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DOING JVST WHAT sign says. Harry Stroman of Alhambra. Cal.,
plies his plates high for bis $100 dinner of "all you can eat" at
Orrin Ericson's cafeteria. Owner admits that some of his customers
bate eaten as high as $5.00 worth of food. (International)
Airplane Pilot's Language
Still Bunch of Jibberish
San Francisco OI.PJ Here Is
a preview of things to come in
the air world:
A jet pilot zeros in over an
airfield for a landing. The con
trol tower gives him his wind
velocity and tells him which
runway to use.
"Romeo." the pilot radios
back. "Alfa, Lima, Lima: Sierra,
Echo. Tango."
What he would say in the
former air lingo is:
"Roger. Able. Love, Love,
Sugar, Easy, Tear."
That means:
"Okay. AU set."
This streamlining or the air
man's Jibberish known as the
phonetic alphabet is the work of
two college professors who de
cided the old "Able. Baker.
Charley" system in use during
World War U has outlived its
usefulness.
The language professors, one
unidentified American and one
unidentified Frenchman, scrap
ed around for words which they
thought would be most easily
understood by airline pilots
throughout the world.
They said the old business was
"strictly English" and that the
new one was much more univer
sal because it used only "the
basics." and had its roots in
Latin.
Instead of the old item for
"I" there's -India," and Love
has taken a back seat to
"Lima" to represent the letter
"L".
"Quebec" has taken over from
Queen as the designation for
"Q" arid "Tango" has stepped in
for Tear at the "T" position.
Pan American here says most
of its pilots think the new al
phabet system is a better one.
Perhaps most difficult of all
to do without will be the old
standby "Roger", which has
helped immortalize every ad-
venture-in-the-sky movie thriller
since Wrong Way Corrigan.
The only symbol that was left
untouched was the one for "V"
Victor.
Here To Stay
The International Civil Avia
tion organization, governing
body for the world's major com
mercial airways, has passed the
list around to Pan American,
United, TWA, Philippine Air
lines, and the other major air
lines. Most of them have agreed that
new jargon is here to stay.
The new alphabet (with old
symbols in parentheses):
A Alfa (Able)
B Bravo (Baker) '
C Coca (Charley)
D Delta (Dog)
E Echo (Easy)
F Foxtrot (Fox)
G Golf (George)
H Hotel (How)
I India (Item)
J Juliet (Jig)
K Kilo (King)
L Lima (Love)
M Metro (Mike)
N Nectar (Nan)
O Oscar (Oboe)
P Papa (Peter)
Q Quebec (Queen)
R Romeo (Roger)
S Sierra (Sugar)
T Tango (Tear)
U Union (Uncle)
V Victor (Victor)
W Whiskey (William)
X Extra (X-ray)
Y Yankee (Yoke)
Z Zulu (Zebra)
Authorities Probe
Canadian Blazes
Vancouver, B.C." (U.R) Au
thorities Tuesday were investi
gating a fire which claimed two
lives and destroyed 50 homes
in the Indian village of Kitkakla,
25 miles south of Prince Ru
pert, B. C.
Two small girls, Pearl and
Katy Hills, died in the Sunday
fire. " -
Meanwhile, damage was esti
mated at $150,000 from an early
morning fire which wiped out an
entire block on the main street
of Qualicum Village on Vancou
ver Island. Four one-story build
ings were destroyed.
At Cloverdale, B.C., the ath
letic hall and opera house were
destroyed by a fire Saturday.
Damage was estimated at
$50,000.
Child Evangelism
Conference Planned
Ashland A spring conference
for the Child Evangelism move
ment will be held at the First
Baptist church here March 20
and 21, it was announced today.
Registration will begin at 9:30
a. m. on the 20th. A potluck
supper for "the whole family"
will be held at 6:30 p. m., with
the evening service beginning
after the supper.
The Rev. Reider Kalland.
western regional director for
Child Evangelism, and a team
of assistants, will be in charge.
Suggestions for teaching chil
dren with the use of flannel
boards will be presented, and
anyone wishing to gain experi
ence may attend, bringing his
own flannel.
A nursery will be provided.
BOOSTERS CASH IN
Phoenix, Ariz. (U.R) The
Phoenix chamberpot commerce
decided to capitalize on free ad
vertising space when state law
required only one license plate
in the rear on automobiles in
1952. The chamber is selling li
cense tags for the front with the
slogans, "Phoenix, Arizona," and
"Fabulous Phoenix."
Prop Huts Plan
First '52 Flight
The Medford Prop Nuts mod
el airplane flying club an
nounced today that their first
competition meet of the season
will be held next Sunday.
The flying field is on the
Agate desert, near Camp White,
and the public is always wel
come to witness the events.
Competitors from points as
far distant as Salem will par
ticipate, club members said, and
the meet will go on "rain or
shine." A special event will be
a demonstration of a radio-controlled
model airplane by How
ard Reed of Crescent City, Cal.
Competition will include an
event for beginners, models
with motors, all classes; a rubber-power
open event, a M
open event and A, B and C class
combined open event.
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Boston (U.R) When Charles
Dickens came here from Eng
land in 1867 to read some of
his works at Tremont Temple,
he was so popular that the ad
vance sale of tickets totaled the
then unheard of sum of $14,000.
GETS DELAYED ACTION
Ortenville, Minn. (U.R) Mrs.
Burt Furan finally got around
to something she had been put
ting off for a long time. Doc
tors removed a needle from the
palm of her hand, where it had
been embedded since 1916.
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