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Medford United Preu FuU Leaud Wire Tribune Unlltd Preii Full Leued win Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1952 Pages 1-6 College Girls Becoming Fed Up With Campus Lingerie Looting By UNITED PRESS Scornful coeds Indicated Thursday they were Just about led up with panty-raiding men students as a new wave oi lin gerie looting swept college cam puses and a group of raiders held a "forgive us" meeting. Overnight, the attitude of the coeds seemed to have changed from one of squealing encour agement to aroused resistance or cloistered indifference. The rampaging males stormed women's quarters from Seattle, Wash., to Athens, Ga. Screens Slashed At Iowa State College the girls chanted "act your age" as about 500 men students slashed screens and broke windows to gain entrance to dormitories and sorority houses. Other coeds sim ply locked themselves in their rooms. At Kansas University in Law. rence, Kan., members of Delta Tau Delta fraternity stood guard both inside and out at North College, a residence for fresh man women. A group of 300 raiders passed the building by, "Quite a few of our boys have girls in the dorm and we didn't want them bothered, a spokes man for the fraternity said. Raiders Lose Out In Manhattan, Kan., Kansas State College raiders hit several sorority houses and the dormi tory for freshmen women. About 20 men succeeded in entering the Pi Beta Phi sorority house through a fire escape, but lost their zest when they got a cool reception. Some 150 men students at Ball State Teachers' College in Mun cie, Ind., received a more favor able reception when they rambled through three girls dormitories. The group grabbed stockings and underwear In their three-hour tour. Faculty mem bers instigated impromptu dances to keep the demonstra tion in check. The invaders draped stock ings about their necks and hoist ed underwear as banners. A woman's skirt was raised on the flag-pole at the men's Elliott Hall. 'Forgive Us' Meeting A group of 800 University of Missouri men who took part in tnree raids in Columbia. Mo, Monday night met inHrewer Fieldhouse for a "forgive us1 meeting. The penitent males drew up plans to make restitu tion for their destructive raids. Fourteen students were seized bv police at Philadelphia when 000 university of Pennsylvania students ripped down trolley Pre-Fabricated Bunker Debuts on Korea Front With Third Division In Korea (U.R) the pre-fabricated bunker has made its debut on the Korean front. Manufactured t o specifica tions and assembled in the form of a kit for shipment to front line positions, the new twist is expected to save hundreds of hours of back-breaking toll In lining sandbags. All the infantrymen have to worry about Is having a hole dug to given dimensions, when the kit arrives. The pieces then are fitted together and given iinismng touches. U. 5. Battle Casualties In Korea Total 108,707 Washineton (U.R) Am.rl can battle castialtip In TCi-,ra now total 108,707, an increase of Z84 since last week, the De- iense Bepartment reported Wed nesday. The casualties include 19,1 dead, 77,274 wounded, 1,198 captured. 9.899 misslno 1.381 once missing whn hitw been returned to military ser vice. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 EAST 6TH Just Off Central For Complete Prescription Service 9 A.M. 10 30 P.M. NICH1 an 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals Gordon Hudson Medford"l Own Modern Phf-iaey All-Time Payroll Record in Oregon Set During 1951 Salem (U.R) Rapid de velopment of the metals and machinery groups over the past two years helped other basic industries set all-time payroll and employment records in' 1951, the State Unemployment Com pensation Commission said Wed nesday. The commission made its an nouncement after tabulating re ports from more than 18,000 Oregon employers. 15.3 Per Cent Increase Wages paid to an average of 332,614 workers last year total ed $1,210,561,565 or 15.3 per cent more than the previous high of $1,049,540,700 in 1950. Pay rolls reported for the fourth quarter were $312,393,539, about 3.4 per cent lower than the rec ord third quarter but higher than any other three-month per iod in the 16-year history of the commission. Metals and machinery indus tries paid out $68,206,848 dur ing 1951 to about 16,500 em ployees, a gain of more than 60 per cent from 1949, latest pre crisis year. For the first time this group surpassed food pro cessing. But food processing gained nearly 15 per cent from 1950 for a new top of $60,116, 254. Lumber Responsible Lumber and logging, although falling off somewhat from rec ord activity in the second and third quarters, were responsi ble for paying $343,888,058 to an average 84,061 workers. Pay roll totals were 50 million dol lars higher than the previous year and 100 millions more than in 1949. wires and fought police. Police also broke up a would- be panty raid at University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Squads of officers arrested every male, student or otherwise, they could lay their hands on. Coeds also were locked in their rooms at the University of Georgia. Police Cars Rushed At Seattle, Wash., 12 police cars rushed to the University of Washington campus and broke up a raid by 800 boys on sorority houses in the university's "Greek row." Raiders at the University of South Carolina dispersed when police arrived. At Troy, N. Y., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students staged a pitifully unsuccessful raid on Russell Sage College. All they got was hoarse when coeds pulled down their shades and ignored the boys shouted de mands for "panties, panties." Friday & Sat. BACKYARD Say Women Assuming Head of House Role Milwaukee (U.R) The woman is taking over as head of the house, says Svend Rie mer, sociologist. Riemer, a University of Wis consin professor, told a YWCA group here that 60 per cent of America's population now is centered in cities. The old-time rural family pat tern, with parental , authority centered in the father, has changed, he said. Today, in urban living, chil dren seldom see the fathers around except on week-ends and by necessity mothers rule the roost," Ricmer said. "In fact, the rule of the mother is being fear ed by some as a coming matri archy." Otsego, Mich. (U.R) A volun teer fireman, George Tishhouse, thought it was just a routine alarm he was answering. He changed his mind when the fire truck pulled up in front of his own house. CAUGHT WITH HIS BRIDGE DOWN Deputy Sheriff Michael Kivicn (left) serves court order on John Rinlas, bridge tender at tast Chicago, Ind., compelling him to open bridge and allow passage of the Standard Oil tanker Red Crown. Rialas ignored the order until court orders had been served on city officials. The tanker, containing 2,700,000 gallons of gasoline, has been bottled P since May 1 because striking oil workers refuse to allow the bridge to be opened. IT'S A NICE DOG'S LIFE Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.R) Stray dogs live in style at the new $100,000 Washtenaw county hu mane society shelter, whose ap pointments include germicidal lamps, running water in the ken nels, radiant heating, air condi- Beverage Chief Has Dope on Moonshiners Birmingham, Ala. (U.R) U. C. McKinney, chief of Jeffer son County's alcohol beverages control office, can give you all the dope on moonshiners. McKinney, who said he gets most of his information from paid informers, estimated that the average moonshiner profits about $335 on 1,000 gallons of the "white lightning." A still costs an average of $125 to set up and may be lo cated anywhere from abandoned mines to hog pens or even inside homes. Some have radiators from automobile junk yards as condensers. Others use special copper coil condensers. The cost is $7 to $8 a retail gallon or $27 to $28 for a five gallon can, McKinney said. Chicago 'Bread Basket' For Fifth Army Forces Chicago (U.R) Chicago Is the "bread basket" of the Fifth Army. The Fifth Army area includes 13 states in the mid-west and Rocky Mountain states. About 80 per cent of the food stuffs used by the Fifth Army comes from the 13 state area but most of it is bought in Chi- duce. It represents . in expedl ture of more than $730,000,000 annually. Honing, a special nursery tori ca go. 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