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Three State GOP Candidates Slate Talks at Meeting V Three prominent upstate Re publican candidates for state of fice will appear at the open meeting sponsored by Jackson County Republican Women and Jackson County Young Republi cans In the Medford YMCA at ojh. Thursday. Those attending, according to Mrs. Stephen Nye, Medford, pro gram chairman of the Republi can Women, are Sigfrid B. Un ander, Portland, candidate for state treasurer; Leonard I. Lin das, Oregon City, candidate for state attorney general; and E.O. Stadter. Bend, also a candidate for attorney general. Was State Chairman Unander was Republican state chairman of the central commit tee for three years and is active ly seeking the treasurer's post opposing State Sen. Jack Lynch, Portland, and Fred E. Robinson, Medford, for the GOP nomina tion. Lynch was invited to at tend the Medford meeting, Mrs. Nye said, but was unable to at tend as he is campaigning in eastern and central Oregon at the present time. . Lindas is district attorney of Clackamas county, and Stadter holds the same position for De schutes county. Their opponents on the GOP ticket for the attor ney general are Alex Barry and John B. McCourt, both of Port land. Both the latter two were unable to attend the candidates' Bight meeting. . . Purpose Told - - - Bob Dickey, Young GOP chairman, in commenting on the coming meeting, ' said that the get-together was primarily aim ed at informing Jackson county Republicans of state candidates from other areas. He said that people meet with local candi dates but rarely get a chance to discuss the issues with those from the other areas. Mrs. Nye added that all GOP candidates from this area have been invited to attend the meet ing for the general discussion on party issues. All Jackson county Republi cans are urged to attend the meeting by Mrs. Nye and Dickey. Refreshments will be served during the meeting and informal discussion will be en couraged. St. Peter's Lenten Service Tonight St. Peter's Lutheran church will hold its fourth' Lenten wor ship service today at 8 p. m. ac cording to the pastor, the Rev erend Kenneth F. Korby. Pastor Korby is preaching on the general theme, Father For give Them" and the seven dead ly sins. Tonight's sermon is on gluttony. . The public is invited to the service. - - ' --Children from the 4,000 Sun day schools and 1,200 full-time elementary schools of the Luth eran church, Missouri synod, are saving their nickles, dimes and quarters, to help their parents "go over the top" in a minimum $10,000,000 undertaking for mis sion expansion. First Collections Children of St. Peter's Sunday school, brought their first collec tions in last Sunday. Nolan Biehler, superintendent of the Sunday school, and the teaching stall reported that the mission expansion and study program has been received with enthusi asm. A special program of mission study,; with maps and work books, was designed for the chil dren of the church. This study program shows where the work is being done, and where the guts will be sent. Movies at School Lead To Breakup of Vice Syndicate New York (U.PJ A mammoth vice syndicate went out of busi ness Wednesday because it made the mistake of showing obscene sex movies secretly at a bronx high school. : ' The multi-million-dollar ring was smashed Tuesday ' night when more than 300'plainclothes men began raiding stag shows, photographic studios and private 'Barrow Pusher' Ponders Wisdom Of Arctic Jaunt Seattle U.R) The world champion wheelbarrow pusher wondered Wednesday whether he shouldn't give up. his plan to trundle to the' Arctic circle and become a "radio cowboy" in stead. Larry Hightower, 51-year-old part-time horse wrangler, was flat on his back at the Seattle veterans hospital nursing a ser ious knee injury suffered when he supped on an icy cattle trail on an eastern Washington ranch. "And I wasn't pushing my wheelbarrow, either," Hightower muttered gloomily. "I know I could have made it to the Arc tic circle. . I got to the top of Pikes Peak and I shuffled right along through a cyclone in Mi chigan. "And now, right here in my own territory, I durn near bust my.leg." Hightower became the unchal lenged wheelbarrower of the world by pushing his barrow 20, 205 miles through nearly every state of the union, most of the Canadian provinces and some of the Mexican states. apartments throughout the city. Spectators Arrested About 100 persons. Including stag show spectators, were taken to Bronx District Attorney George B. Deluca's office for questioning. Among them were women who performed in the nude at the smokers. A spokesman for Deluca said the roundup would continue throughout the day. The vice squad began work ing on the case about three weeks ago when the parents of a Bronx high school student told police lewd films had been shown to pupils at a secret pre vue in the building. Movies Confiscated During the raids plainclothes men confiscated more than 500 obscene movies, thousands of ob jectionable comic books and numerous pornographic devices. Detectives said movies were rented at high fees to individuals or private groups who, in turn, charged high "admission" prices. Some of the private apart ments were used as storerooms for the films and indecent pho tographs peddled by the ring the district attorney's office said. - BIRTHS CABLER To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Jacksonville, March 17, 1952, a boy, 6 pounds, at Com munity hospital. ROBERTS Dr. and Mrs. Al vin. Central Point, March 18, 1952, a girl. 8Vi pounds, at Com munity hospital. WALLS To Mr. and Mrs. William, 555 Oakdale drive, March 17, 1952, a girl, 8 pounds, at Community hospital. WATSON To Mr. and Mrs. John, 717 East Jackson street, March 17, 1952, a girl, 6V4 pounds, at Community hospital. GOP Congressional Candidate Visits Parents in Valley Mrs. Barbara S. Draper, Al bany, Republican candidate far nomination for congressman from Oregon's fourth district, was a Medford visitor last week end. She and her husband. Jack, and their two sons visited at the home of Mrs. Draper's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schmidt, South Pacific highway. Mrs. Draper, who taught music, art and penmanship at Lincoln grade school here in 1948-1949, opposes Harris Ells worth, incumbent, on the Repub lican ticket. Oppose UMT According to information fur nished for the voter's pamphlet, Mrs. Draper opposes "waste ful extravagance of proposed universal military training." she will fight to prohibit misleading interstate advertisement of alco holic beverages, and for en forcement of strict gambling laws. She favors statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. Her husband is an Albany contractor. Two llational Guard Members Promoted Two members of Company A, Oregon National Guard, recent ly were promoted to corporal, officers of the unit- reported today. They are Gene B. Snook and James D. Heberling. The two National Guard units here. Company A and Headquar ters company, both parts of the 1st battalion, 186th infantry of the 41st division, will begin week-end outdoor training March Building Aetrvrfy In Oregon Spurt Portland llA Building ac tivity in Oregon during Febru ary spurted upward with a 51 per cent increase over January figures, according to the Equit able Savings and Loan associa- 29 and 30, officers said. A fed eral inspection will be conduct ed on April 8, and all guard members have been ordered to attend the March 29 and 30 training exercise. Wednesday. March IS. ItSt MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE CLOSEST TO HEAVEN Woodford, Vt UJD The steeple of Union Church to this highest Vermont community is said to point "closer to God" than the spire of any other church in the state. tion here. Highest rates of Increase for the month were reported in St Helens, Albany, Klamath Falls, The Dalles and Medford, in that 'order. 7S$fas Setter MAD ethome! ...Mtiiit& f iff. . 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