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, Derailment Sends Burning Fluid Down City Street Lowell. Ind. (U.R) Thirty cars of a 69-car Morion freight were derailed Thursday, and al colohl in six tank cars burst into flame, threatening the business section. Burning alcohol flowed down the streets and into gutters be fore volunteers brought the blaze under control with foam ite and water some four hours after the derailment. The Lowell depot was "smash ed into kindling" by three freight cars, but most of the damage was confined to an area at the crossing of Indiana High way 2. Freight cars piled up four deep in the center of town, blocking highway traffic for miles, state police said. Firemen Hampered ' Intense heat, which kept fire men 100 feet away, hampered efforts to bring the blaze under control, according to Harold Heuson, 43-year-old volunteer from Lowell. Officials reported there were no injuries although several per sons had been in the depot a ' short time before the crash. f Engineer Claude Smith of La fayette, Ind., said the derail ment probably was caused by a locked wheel. TURNIP COMES BIG Jackson, Miss. (U.R) Sam McRae Jr., grew a 10-pound pur ple top turnip on his farm at nearby Raymond. 1 PURE V?rV Qg5lJ LOOK Music Sermon Slated At Foursquare Church A musical sermon based on the old hymn, "I'll Not Have To Cross Jordan Alone," will be presented at the Foursquare church, East Jackson street at Morrow road, at 7:45 p.m., Fri day, May 23, it was announced today by the pastor, the Rev. Harry Hansen. The service will be conducted by Dr. Jacques Little, an evan gelist, who will be assisted by the Rev. Paul Gray, pastor of the Foursquare church in Grants Pass. An 18-vojce choir and a male quartet from Grants Pass will be featured. The service, which Mr .Hansen described as inspir ing, has been presented in a number of citiies throughout the United States. American Soldier Hears Death Sentence Nuernberg, Germany (U P.) A U. S. Army court-martial sen tenced a 19-year-old American soldier to death Thursday for the premeditated murder cf two German civilians. Pvt. John F. Vigneault of GoI Falls, N. H., was found guilty by a 10-officer court of shooting the Germans who gave him and another GI a ride and then stealing the car last April 19. The sentence by the 4th Infan try Division court is subject to review by higher authority. Town Commissioners Uphold Parking Meters Graham, N. C (U.R) This city's parking meters, which have stood as mute symbols of indecision and legal controver sy for nearly three years, final ly will have some meaning again. The board of town commis sioners has decided to enforce a parking meter ordinance to re place one repealed in 1049. The company which installed the meters won a court suit, carried to the U. S. Circuit Court of Ap peals, to force the town to use the meters and use proceeds to pay some $10,000 still owed on their cost and installation. Couple Arrested For Robbery at Naval Air Station New York (U.R) FBI agents held a champagne-drinking for mer private detective and a red haired nightclub singer Thurs day in the $100,000 robbery at the Quonset Point, R.I., Naval air station. G-men arrested Howard Hilde- brandt, 25, and Gloria Dale, 30 Wednesday while they were eat ing at a Times Square restau rant. Money found on Hildebrandt was identified as part of the loot. Another Man Held At the same time, FBI oper atives apprehended another man, Robert La Plante, 27, at West Warwick, R. I., in con nection with the bold daylight holdup in front of the station's credit union March 7. The men were charged with robbery on a government reser vation. Miss Dale, who sings in a Greenwich village night spot, was detained as a material wit ness. She did not meet Hilde brandt until after the robbery. Face Arraignment Hildebrandt, father of tw(o chil dren, faced arraignment and La Plante awaited similar action at Providence, R. I. i FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said in Washington that his agency was not looking for any one else in connection with the robbery at the moment. Driver of Varied-Make Car Gets First Ticket Detroit (U.R) When Charles G. Laing was ticketed for going through a red light he told the judge it was his first traffic summons in 50 years. "If you've been driving that long," said the traffic referee, John M. Wise, "what kind of car is this? He held up a picture of an experimental car made in 1908 out of parts from other cars. "That," said Laing, "is part Rolls Royce, part Reliance and part Pierce-Arrow with a dash of Ford." "You're right," said Wise. "Case dismissed." Pedestrian Protection ELDERLY Nearly 30 of all pedestrian fatalities are suffered by only 7 of the population those past 66 years of age! To avoid trouble in traffic they should be alert, watch ful and should carefully observe safe walking rules. I mmmm V . i -otectio" from TA that means 8fe' erve linens .... P dWn' - clor0x every heaiw And CLOROX makes home germ centers sanitary tool It'l so eoiy to moke bathroom and kitchen surfaces bright, fresh and sanitary with Cloroxl Used in routine cleaning, Clorox removes stains, deodorizes, disin fects. Clorox is the most efficient germ-killer of Its kind ... a type of disinfectant recommended by public health authorities, Directions on the label. faerie favorite Bleach I Household Disinfectant When it's CLOROX-clean... it's SAFER for Family Health! Search Abandoned For Three Bodies in Missing Sloop Seattle (U.B& Coast Guards men abandoned Thursday their search for the bodies of three of seven persons aboard the sloop "Prelude," missing in northern Puget Sound since Sunday night. The 35-foot Prelude disap peared on a 20-mile return leg of a cruise from Orcas Island to Bellingham, Wash. Veteran mar iners believed the vessel struck an uncharted reef and sank. Four Bodies Recovered Bodies of four passengers were discovered Tuesday. They were those of Ed Jukes, Mrs. Don Card, Mrs. Paul Fordyce, and Mrs. Fordyce s 12-year-old son, Kenneth. Still missing were Mrs. Jukes, Don Card, and Fordyce. All were from Bellingham. Coast Guardsmen said it has been their experience that per sons who drown in those tide- ripped waters rarely are found, unless the bodies are washed ashore. Ratification of Overiand Stages Agreement Waited Portland (U.R) Ratification of a proposed settlement by AFL Overland Greyhound lines em ployees Thursday remained the only obstacle in the way of re storing full Greyhound service in the Pacific Northwest. But little progress was report ed in negotiations to end the CIO woodworkers dispute. One Line Still Out The Overland Greyhound lines reached a tentative agree, ment with its AFL union em ployees Wednesday. The only remaining transpor tation tie up in the Portland area was that of Oregon Motor stages. The new pact, similar to the agreements that brought peace on the Pacific and Northwest Greyhound lines, is subject to union ratification by midnight Sunday. If accepted by union members, Overland busses may roll within 24 hours from then Pay Increase Included The agreement includes a 4.6 per cent pay increase retroac tive to April 7, a 4.4 per cent hike next Oct. 1, and a 9 per cent boost Oct. 1, 1953. Em ployees will go on a 5'4 day week next Oct. 1, and on a 5 day week Oct. 1, 1953. Negotiations with the Coos Bay Lumber company and the CIO Woodworkers union open ed in Coos Bay today after a bargaining session with the Ore gon Coast Operators Associa tion failed to produce agreement yesterday. Thursday. May 22. 1952 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Oregon Students Put Pantie Raid To Useful Purpose Eugene (U.R) University of Oregon students Wednesday . night turned the latest college j craze, pantie raids, to construe- j tive purposes and at the same 1 time poked fun at rival Oregon State college. Under the slogan, "Clothes for Korea, Panties for the Beav ers,'1 students carried out an or ganized collection of old cloth ing after the 10:30 p.m. closing hour, with representatives of men's living organizations call ing on the girls' houses. To Be Sent to Korea The old clothing was turned over to campus chapters of the YMCA and YWCA to be sent to Korea as part of a nationwide drive. But panties and other items of underclothing were set aside for "the poor deserving men stud ents" of Oregon State college who staged a pantie raid on two women's dormitories and three sorority houses Monday night. One of the pleasantest youth hostels in the world is at Stock holm, Sweden. The fullrigged ship Af Chapman has been con verted into a luxurious 130-bed hostel and moored in Stockholm harbor. LAWN CANNON HIJACKED Jacksonville, Fla. (U.R) Po lice were called into an unusual case. Someone had stolen an ornamental cannon from the lawn of an irate resident. Special SALE 16 PIECE STARTER SETS At Special Prices Save Approximately 20 ALL PATTERNS INCLUDED . Ends Saturday, May 24th Use Your Charge Account or Our Lay-Away Plan sr. . . t raw-- VETS FORGIVE TAXES Plainville, Conn. (U.R) The local VFW post doesn't bear grudges. As "Plainville Man of the Year" it named George W. Bartlett, for 20 years the town's tax collector. 'Wide Field' Exists for Foreign Farm Mechanization Geneva (U.R) A "wide I field exists for stepping up mechanization of agriculture in Africa, Asia and Latin America, according to a study of the world Commission for Europe. The survey found that the world industry produced 906, 000 tractors in 1950. Actually, however, it estimated total pro duction capacity during that period as 1,103,000 tractors. "It has been suggested that China, for example, could use 125,000 tractors during the next five years, and the need in In dia and Africa is equally great," ECE said. "The principal difficulty will be to convert po tential requirements into actual effective demand. Herein lies the real problem of the tractor industry. The survey reported that al though countries are receiving some aid from the U. N. techni cal assistance program, "there remains, however, a wide field where no real steps have yet been taken on an organized bas is to assist countries in the mech anization of their agriculture." A shortage of capital in the underdeveloped regions and pro duction at less than capacity in western nations which are re arming are among the factors blamed for failure of the world industry to achieve the targets it could. Were It not for re-armament, the survey said the world in dustry could raise total output for the period 1951-54 from a probable 6,500,000 tractors to 10,000,000, The desperate need for In creased mechanization of una erdeveloped areas is shown in statistics in the survey. They show that Latin America, the Near East, the Far East and Af rica account for about half the world's arable land but in 1951 owned only 4.3 per cent of the total number of world tractors. Within that group, the Far East is the least developed area, with one tractor per 12,900 hec tares. (A hectare is 2.471 acres) The Near East has 2,600, Africa 1,730, and Latin America 2,600 in 12,900 hectares. That compares with one trac tor for every 23 hectares in Brit ain, the most highly mechanized country in the world, one for ev ery 48 in the United States and one per 171 hectares in Europe as a whole. The survey predicted that in south and southeast Asia "cap ital investment in the form of tractors and farm machinery ap pears likely to proceed slowly under the conditions prevailing and in the absence of large scale external assistance." Forest Radio Network Begins Operations Grants Pass Sexton Forest Industries Communications, an organization of lumbermen who operate their own radio network, began operations yesterday. The land station, on top of Sexton pass north of Grants Pass, serves 25 mobile radio units owned by 25 companies. The communications network is operated in connection with the Southern Oregon Conserva tion and Tree Farm association, which operates a similar net work in Jackson county. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS MedTord and vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday. Low tonight 42. High Fri day 80.85. Western Oregon: Clear in south. Fartly cloudy in north tonight. Most y sunny Friday. Little temperature change. Lows tonight 42.92. Highs Fri day 68-78. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 8!): Lowest 48. Total monthly precipitation 1.27 Inches. Excess for the month .47 Inch. Total precipitation since September 1. 1031, 19.70 Inches. Excess for the season 4.40 Inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 26; 4:30 a m. today 80. Tomorrow Sunrise 4:43 a.m. Sunset 7:32 p.m. Observations Takrn At 4:10 A.M., 120 Meridian Time High Low Prec. 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