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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1952)
- I , - Post Office Clerk Promoted to New Supervisory Job Stanley G. Sherwood, an em ployee of the Medford post of fice since July, 1920, has been promoted to the supervisory staff here, it was announced to day by Postmaster Moore Ham ilton. Sherwood Joined the post of fice as a carrier shortly after high graduation from Medford high school, Hamilton said, and later was promoted to clerk in the finance section. He has now been named clerk in charge, and will have supervision of outgo in mail. Other supervisory personnel at the office here include Hugo Guenther, assistant postmaster; Otto DeJarnett, superintendent of mails, and Earl York, asistant superintendent of mails. The post to which Sherwood was named is a newly-created one. Hamilton also revealed that stamp sales during the first quarter of 1952 increased about 18 per cent over the comparable period last year. They totaled $91,843 in January, February and March, compared to $78,987 in the same months of 1951. Library Board Names New President Tuesday Erie Allen Jr. was elected president of the Medford Li brary board at a special meeting held in the office of Mayor Diamond Flynn last night The meeting followed city council action confirming two new members appointed to fill vacancies, and the reappoint ment of two present members. The new members are ' Jack Fitzgerald and Elwood Hed burg; the reappointed members are Mrs. Frances Cochran and Mrs. Allen R. Smith. ' Allen was appointed, to the board two weeks ago to succeed John Boyle, former chairman, who resigned last month. Transport Plan Stat Will Face Backward Washington (U.B The Air Force announced Wednesday that a number of C-131 twin engine transport planes have been ordered equipped with seats facing backward. Tests have shown that a pas senger has a better chance of surviving a plane crash if he is in a seat facing backward rather than the conventional type which faces forward. County Savings Top $17,000,000 An informal survey of the amount of money held in savings accounts by residents of Jackson county yesterday revealed that the total is close to $18,000,000. or something more than about $300 for each man. woman and child in the area. The amount held in savings accounts in the two savings and loan associations slightly ex ceeds $7,000,000. the survey showed, and the savings accounts of the two Medford banks, and the branch banks in Central Point and Ashland totaled more than $10,000,000. The survey did not take into account savings in financial in stitutions outside the county, nor did it include other methods of savings, including war bonds, stocks and other securities. Daad Una Sunday noaa Saturdays ft HIS CRIME DIDN'T PAT Columbus Grove. O. (U.F0 A young man admitted to police that crime doesn't pay when questioned about the theft of a $2 battery from a car sales lot. He revealed that leaking battery acid had ruined his new cover alls. He also was fined $25 and costs. Ptnonal Income Snows 5 la Per Cent Increase Washington ZXK Personal Income In February was at an annual rate of $257,100,000,000. aa approximate 3l per cent rise over the same month last year, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The February figure was "irodert decline" of S6OO.0O0. 0OO from January because of a reduction in farm Income, the report said, but was still re garded as generally stable. Klamath Tribs May Be Separate Group Klamath Falls TJ.B A plan was under study Wednesday which may make the Klamath Indian tribe a saparate organiza tion and responsible only to It self. The U. S. government's advis ory committee on Indian affairs has suggested the tribe incorpor ate to separate it from the fed eral government. All tribal business, such as timber sales, which are now the responsibility of the govern ment, would be handled by the corporation. Officials of the Klamath tribe are studying the proposal. Seed Pofefcss for TcbbUs! Prohibited Portland OB Sale of white seed potatoes at prices higher than ceiling for table stock pota toes has been specifically pro hibited by the Office of Price Stabilization. Portland District OPS Director Carl Donaugh said Wednesday. OPS said in statement. It is apparent that these potatoes have been sold for and consumed as ordinary table stock pota toes." Seed potatoes are exempt from price control. The price office said "the sale of potatoes to housewives has been so serious and so wide spread that immediate action is necessary to protect consumers against higher prices and to guard against the depleting of seed potato supplies." COP TRIPPED UP Oklahoma City (U.B Okla homa highway patrolmen inves tigating a four-car collision dis covered that one driver, George T. Newton, S3, didn't have a driver's license. Newton, it turned out, was a lieutenant on the Oklahoma City police force, with a record of 21 years in uniform. Wednesday. April t. ItSS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRTBUHE HTJTE Grand Coulee Reservoir Drop To lowest level Portland (UJ9 The Grand Coulee reservoir dropped to the lowest level in Its 10-year istencc Tuesday, Bonneville Power Administration said. The water level gauge read i 1225.1 feet above sea level, about 35 feet below the spillway level. At the crest of the 1948 flood, water in the pool rose to the 1290-foot mark. Heavy and prolonged drain of "storage hydro" by the dam a 18 generators was responsible for the record low water level, BPA said. Former Medford Man Dies in Tucson, Ariz. Harvey Davis, 63, Tucson, Ariz., a former resident of Med ford. died in Tucson hospital recently, it was learned here today. Davis, a Marine Corps veteran of World War I, was active in Medfora American Legion af fairs during his residence here, and for a time was an announc er for radio station KMED. He left here in 1933. P IB Uy Bm aa CUactflOT Ar a lot following oar; 10 an Mm noon Saturday for Sunday am 1 17 f. 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