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Thursday. Ma; 1, I9S2 Speech Professor Prepares Hints For Candidate Cleveland, O. (U.R) George B. Simon, speech professor and a 25-year veteran In public elo cution here at Fenn College, has listened to, and watched, the major White House contenders EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE f a ! t 1 for 1952 and has issued the fol lowing criticisms and sugges tions: President Truman Is advised to stop "woodchopping" with both arms. He should learn to read without making so many mis takes. "I heard Mr. Truman make 13 mistakes in one short speech he was reading," Professor Simon said. The chief executive also has a "monotonous delivery," the pro fessor added. As an example, the professor said the President could an nounce that "all income taxes will be abolished first of next month and make it sound hum drum." Calls Taft Too Haipy Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio has good volume and dynamics but possesses a raspy voice, Si mon contends, and he should practice less impatience and in sistence. "Taft lacks courtesy when ex cited because of his concern for issues," the speech analyst said. "During question periods, he is apt to give speeches instead of answers." .Fine oratory and good use of rhetorical and psychological de vices are credited to Gen. Doug las MacArthur. However, Prof. Simon thinks the five-star com mander should stop jutting his jaw and thrusting his head for ward and subdue his demon strated tendency toward the "mastcr-of-all" impression. "He becomes too dramatic, at times," Simon said, "as with his 'old soldiers never die, just fade away' conclusion. He didn't fade away. If he had, his talk might have rivaled Lincoln's Gettys burg address." Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, another Republican contender, has a persuasive voice, Simon said, and is a good reader. How ever, he advises the general to be a little less calm, try not to be so crisp and practice some effective gestures before hitting the campaign trails. Sen. Estcs Kefauver, the tall, crime-probing Tennessean, fum bles too much, doesn't gesture enough, Is too cold and impas sive and doesn't move around enough, Simon said, Generally, Prof. Simon gives the speaking laurels to Gen. Mac- Arthur, whose oratorical effec tiveness he puts almost on a par with thnt of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Burglary Starts String of Events Milwaukee (U.R) Patrol man William Klippel noticed a window had been smashed at a service station at 2 a.m. Inside he spotted a man. He waited until the man began climbing back out through the broken window, the said: "Stick 'em up!" That produced a great many things. First of all, the burglary suspect, Selh L. Greene, 31, fainted. Klippel hailed a passerby and told him to call for a police pa trol wagon. Meanwhile, he tried to revive the faint-hearted Greene. The eager citizen who respend ed to Klippel's call raced to the corner and turned In a fire alarm. Realizing his mistake, the citizen located the police call box and shouted into the mouthpiece that "a policeman needs help." In response to the two calls, the air soon was filled with sirens. Two squad cars, a motor cycle, five fire engines, a rescue squad and a battalion fire chief all screeched up to the servlre station to find Klippel calmly leaning against a gas pump. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 EAST 6TH Just Off Central For Complete Prescription Service 0 30 P.M. NICH7 Call ? a.m. i and VVXAf 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals Gordon Hudson Medford't Own Modern BUYING GUIDE That Means Your Advertising Message in the Mail Tribune Has 5$m ME ADDIEmS 1 YOU CAN'T INVEST YOUR ADVERTISING DOLLARS BETTER ! 4m0'$ WWfA SPORTS NEWS f'-lfif ' v" ' RADIO GUIDE THE MAIL COMICS TBI WEATHER FORECAST Is Now Delivered To unoDMirES i Ves, circulation figures prove that "Every one Reads the Mail Tribune" . . . right to your doorstep comes the news of the world ! Facts and highlights about happen ings the wide world over . . . and Medford and Jackson County, too . . . are recorded daily for Mail Tribune readers. The top comics . . . brilliant news coverage and com mentary . . . features, society, local news everything that adds up to GOOD reading. Of course, Mail Tribune advertising .pays big dividends it's right there in black and white, to be read and re-read, referred back to for last-minute shopping lists . . . sur rounded by the BEST news matter and fea tures money can buy I
