TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Parity Raids Sweep 11 Campuses
As Craze Reaches Fever Pitch
Br UNITED PRESS j
A wave of "panty raids" swept
1 1 college campuses this
week as the latest college craze
rose to fever pitch.
Tear gas was required to
dampen the fervor of the mobs of
male students at two schools.
Several arrests were made and a
few injuries were reported.
At Columbia, Mo., scene of a
triple lingerie riot, a company of
National Guardsmen was called
out when local police found
themselves unable to cope with
the students.
Big Ten Schools Hit
"Panty raid fever" swept the
Big Ten schools of Northwestern,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota and at
the Universities of Vermont, Con
necticut, Missouri, Delaware,
Alabama, and Stephens and
Christian colleges.
At most of the schools, the
raiders were cheered on. aided
admitted to dormitories and even
defended by their coed victims as
the men stormed sorority houses
and girls' dormitories.
In at least two instances, the
girls fought to keep the Invaders
out. They were not very success
ful. Raids Total 25
Monday night's raids brought
to 25 the number, of American
seats of learning that have wit
nessed raids by male students
bent on carrying off unmention
able trophies so far this year.
The wildest and most destruc-
tlve raids occurred at Columbia,
Mo., a city of 32,000 and site of
the University of Missouri and
two girls' schools, Stephens and
Christian colleges.
More than 2,000 men students
from the university stormed the
dormitories at Stephens. They
battered their way into the build
ings through broken screens and
windows.
Girls Resist Raiders
Squads of coeds, wielding
mops and brooms and dousing
the boys with buckets of water
failed to halt them. Once Inside,
the boys snatched armfuls of
underthings just as police arrived
nd routed them.
Shouting and singing, they
marched across town to sorority
houses on 'the university cam
pus, ignored the pleas of Dr, Jack
Matthews, dean of students, and
burst into the buildings, cheered
on by the coeds.
Homemakers choost C ind H
Cms Sugar 4 to 1 ovir iny othar
fcrand In Pacific Cont homail
They COUNT
Hew about you?
...the reaflu complete mix 1 i
add only water J
No tiresome beating! ..4
f$r it "L-m
tLfe,vrS J. V M M M A mm&A&j6
CFTiW. OUT OF HAND Pantyraldlng students at the Univer
sity of Minnesota in Minneapolis shown grappling with coeds were
lu.uiiy Drought under control by the police with the help of tear
gas. Many of the adolescent males were not content with stealing
lingerie, but took to picking up anything loose, including sweaters
and other expensive items.
A few were caught and hand
cuffed temporarily to hold them
on the spot. No arrests were
made. The raiders moved on to
Christian college where they
were met with a hostile reception
of more mop-wielding, water-1
throwing coeds. i
Furniture Broken
The party was diverted to
school buildings and the boys
smashed glass and broke up sev
eral pieces of furniture.
Acting Police Chief J. Lewis
Parks declared the situation out
of hand and beyond the ability of
his 22-man police force to han
dle. He called Missouri Gov. For
rest Smith who authorized the
mobilization of the Columbia
unit of the Missouri National
Guard.
By the time the company of 56
GuBrdsmen was mustered, the
raiders had spent their energy,
and most had returned to their
rooms.
The largest raid in terms of
numbers was at the University of
Wisconsin in Madison, where
cane
sugar
ON CANE I
delicious flavors!... Devil's Fudge
coke mux
Wednesday. May 21' I952
5,000 male students chanting
"Go, go, go," and led by a trum
pet-blowing ringleader stormed
10 dormitories and sorority
houses,
The trumpeter concentrated
on the song, "Follow the Girls.1
Before order had been restored
13 students were under arrest.
At the Delta Zcta house, the
raiders found one suit of under
wear still containing its owner.
The scantily-clad coed screamed
"Get out of here! and fled.
As the raiders moved from
place to place, they were placidly
followed by Max, the campus ice
cream vendor, who did a boom
ing business. '
Third of Nation's
Oil Workers Back
Denver U.R) Approxi
mately one-third of the nation's
90,000 striking oil workers were
back at work Wednesday and
ranking union official said he
hoped the rest will return to
their jobs by the end of the
week.
"About one-third of the strik
ing groups have gone back to
work," said O. A. Knight, presi
dent of the CIO Oil Workers
International, the largest of the
coalition of 22 AFL, CIO and
independent unions involved in
the 22-day-old walkout. He ad
ed that "most of these include
the small locals."
As the strike slowly drew to
a close, a gasoline price war
broke out at Topeka, Kan., Tues
day. Stations on the outskirts of
the city sold regular gasoline for
as low as 19.9 cents a gallon
and ethyl was selling for 20.9
cents, while dealers inside the
city limits were charging 26.3
and 28.3 cents for the same
grades..
- Golden - White - Spice
3 Persons Still
Missing in Puget
Yachting Mishap
Bellingham, Wash. (U.R)
Coast Cuard and civilian planes
and boats' searched the waters
off Lummi island Wednesday for
the bodies of three of seven per
sons aboard the sloop Prelude,
missing in northern Puget Sound
since Sunday.
Four bodies were recovered
Tuesday. The boat was not
found.
Missing were Mrs. Ed E.
Jukes, Don Card and Paul For-
dyce, owner of the 35-foot auxil
iary sailing vessel.
Bodies recovered were those
of Ed Jukes, Mrs. Carl, Mrs. For
dyce and the Fordyce's 12-year-
old son, Kenneth.
The disaster was described as
one of the worst in Puget Sound
yachting history.
The Prelude disappeared on a
20-mile return leg of a cruise be
tween Bellingham and Orcas
island In the San Juans. It was
seen last by tourists on the north
beach of Orcas island Sunday
evening.
Coast Guardsmen theorized
the boat blew up or struck a reef
and sank.
The bodies of Mrs. Fordyce
and her son were in life jackets
which had been donned upside
down.
Old Book Museum
Opened Recently
At Local Library
A new department, a book
museum, has been started at
Medford Public library. Al
though very new, the depart
ment already has about a hun
dred books that have value as
museum nieces or interest as
antiques, according to Mrs. Phyl
lis Morse who will be curator
of the department.
Mrs. Morse is putting the old
books in glass cases in the bind
ery room and anyone interested
is invited to visit the depart
ment. It is open to visitors be
tween 1 and 3 p.m. each after
noon except Wednesday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Morse states that the first
three women who visited the
new department each wanted to
see a copy of Godcy s Lady s
Book. Godcy's Lady's Book is
said to be the first magazine
published in this country exclu
sively for women readers. The
new book museum has six
copies.
One of the most Interesting
parts of the museum will be the
Fluhrcr art collection, Mrs.
Morse believes.
Formerly the property of Mrs.
W. H. Fluhrer and the late Mr.
Fluhrer, the collection, termed
"truly magnificent" by Mrs.
Morse, contained art books.
paintings and choice prints. It
was recently donated to the li
brary and will be on display
when a suitable case has been
found.
A Shakespeare shelf contains
a Harper s Memorial, dated
1864, a St. Aldate's edition, a
Leopold edition, and others. On
the Bible shelf are several in
teresting editions, including one
with a William Morris cover de
sign.
Other Items of Interest are
three folio collection of Stephen
Foster s songs and compositions,
a 1798 Froissart History, Har
per's magazines back to 1850
and many early editions of poets
and writers of past centuries.
Valley residents who have old
books, songs or prints are in
vited to donate them to the book
museum.
ARMY BUYS SALMON
Seattle (U.R) The Army
will repurchase 125,000 pounds
of frozen salmon steaks which
were rejected several months
ago because of misbranding, Rep.
Thor Tollefson, R-Wash., said
Wednesday.
Luxury Tissue
at a
Budget Price!
SITTING COMFORTABLY on shoulder of California's Congress
man Chet Hollfleld, Blanka Sylvia Schoenhammer, 2, from Ger
many, Is en route to adoption by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Craig, Los An
geles. Hollfleld met her at New York, acted as transcontinental
baby sitter..dellvprln child In Califo'nla to Craigs. tlvtrrvafiarnii
Air Force Rules
Courts Martial to
Be Last Resort
Washington (U.R) The
Air Force has ruled that trials
by courts martial will be consid
ered "only as a last resort in
clearly aggravated cases" of
"stay-down" fliers.
This policy was disclosed aft
er courts martial charges were
dropped against' 12 reserve of
ficers who had refused to fly.
They will be discharged from
the service under honorable con
ditions and relieved of their
commissions as air force offic-
Two other officers have been
convicted by courts martial for
refusal to fly. One was permit
ted to resign under conditions
other than honorable.
Of the 12 officer six each
at Randolph Air Base, San An
tonio, Tex., and Mather Air
Base, Sacramento, Calif. the
Air Force said:
"This headquarters, after tho
rough review of these cases, is
of the opinion that trials by
courts martial are not warrant
ed." ARMY TROOPS TRAIN
Richland (U.R) Army
troops protecting the Hanford
atomic works are engaged in
small-size war games with a
group of "invaders," it was
learned Wednesday.
ami ummtixi
l
Crisp cotton, checled cleonly oi
window pones, colorfully oi stained glass. Collated,
cuffed and belled in its own Fabric.
"The
Best
Is Not
Expensive"
Evacuation of
Brazil Jungle
Expeditions Near
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (U.R)
The Brazilian Air Force Wednes
day hoped to fly out 30 to 40
members Of two expeditions
stranded on a Brazilian jungle
ridge where a Pan American Air
ways Stratocruiser crashed April
29, killing 50 persons.
Members of the two parties
one sent out by the Brazilian
government and Pan American
Airways and the other a group
of adventurers widened a clear
ing Tuesday to permit small air
craft to land.
Peace Restored
The Air Ministry said peace
had been restored between the
two groups. The adventurers
fearing they might be abandoned
by the government party, seized
Scott Magness, Miami, Fla., a
safety adviser for the UVS. Civil
Aeronautics Authority, and a
Brazilian Air Force major as
hostages for time, but released
them when promised both groups
would be evacuated.
JURORS QUESTIONED
Sedro Woolley, Wash. (U.R)
Attorneys Wednesday were to
continue questioning of a tenta
tive jury of nine men and three
women selected to try Harold
Chase, former Darrington town
marshal charged, with murder,
SUQ95
1 -vi'X. n6rth
A- 7 1 LL & ' BARTLETT
I ofi 1
J ONLY
Missing Albany Pilot
In Forced Landing
Albany (U.R) Russell
Strait, Albany, reported missing
on a flight from Lebanon to
Newport, Ore., Tuesday, was safe
Wednesday.
Walter Bowman, owner of the
Lebanon airport, said Strait ap
parantly had some mechanical
trouble on the flight and landed
in a hayfield in the coast range.
Strait phoned Bowman from
Newport at noon Tuesday to re
port he was out of trouble.
Woman Snares Pigeons
In Montreal Park
Montreal, Que. (U.R) Po
lice sought an, elderly woman
Wednesday who likes her pig
eons cooked.
Sunners on Dominion Square
reported the fast-working wo
man averages two o r three
meals a week by luring pigeons
to her hand, snapping their necks
and popping them into paper
sacks.
ON
P I? D C IS S
reduced.
AUTOMATIC WASHER
1 aal, Jf"
e00&&e00l0S WITH
I AND TH1 I
1 Seven Rfoaed
. E Savei soap and hot water. Gets your M
N clothes extra bright, clink cleanl g
WAS $359.95
Now $319 95
Now you can have the wonder-working Whirlpool
Automatic in your home at Reduced Prices, and have
all the marvelous Whirlpool advantages that mean
cleaner, brighter, easier washes.
These work-saving features will delight you: Agiflow
Action washes your clothes cleaner, faster . . , Ultra
Violet Lamp keeps clothes sweet and fresh . . . Cycle
tone Signal eliminates needless steps and clock
watching . . . Flexible Timing permits washing as you
like it . . Handy Top Door means easier loading ....
Nine-Pound Capacity lets you wash a little or a lot.
CLOTHES DRYER
WAS $259.95
(MB
fartnrp
MEDFORD
. GRANTS PASS
ASHLAND
Boy Found Guilty of
Cottage Grove Murder
Eugene (U.R) Eugene
Harlan Belcher, 15, was found
guilty of first degree murder
Tuesday for the slaying of Mary
Ellen Campbell, 18-year-old partially-deaf
girl, on April 4 near
Cottage Grove.
The circuit court Jury, which
deliberated four hours, recom
mended leniency, making a sen
tence of life imprisonment man
datory. During the six-day trial, young
Belcher repudiated a confession
in which he had said he killed
the girl because h i s school
friends had tauntee him about
the girl's pregnancy.
FREE DEMONSTRATION
m erle noRmfln
co.atft.
Open 9:30 to 5:30 Ind. Saturday
214 FLUHRER BLDG.
PHONE 2-9611
1952
NOW
$
239
.95
On Gates
EASY
TERMS