FOUR MEEFORD (OREGON)
Women's Golf
Activities
Medal play was the activity
for Ladies' day, June 26, at the
Rogue Valley Country club.
Thirtv-four women participated.
Mrs. Harvey Woods, Mrs. H. E.
Nulton and Mrs. Richard Finch
were the winners.
On Thursday, July 3, a Knick
ers' tournament is scheduled.
Players may choose their own
partners and those who do not
have a game will be paired at
the tee.
Following the play, the reg
ular monthly business meeting
and luncheon will be held at
the residence of Mrs. Diamond
Flynn, 6 Eastover terrace. Lun
cheon will be served at 12:30
p.m. with Mrs. N. Temple as
chairman. Posters in the lock
er room at the club eive further
details of this "surprise lunch
eon.
Well Represented
Women's golfers of the Rogue
Valley Country club were well
represented in two up-state ev
ents this week. In the Oregon
Golf association meet held in
Portland, there were 5 entries:
Mrs. W. W. Davies, Mrs. Belle
Schenck, Mrs. C. B. Collins, Mrs
Maxine Hammond, Mrs. Clay
ton Lewis, and Mrs. George Har
rington. In the WVSO tournament held
on June 27 at Corvallis with
nearly 100 entries, Rogue Val
ley was represented by Mrs.
L. Paul Walker, Mrs. Leslie
Schneider, Mrs. Thomas A. Cul
bertson Jr., and Mrs. Noble Vin
cent.
Girls Compel
A contest for the lowest score
on No. 10 was the play for the
girls at Rogue Valley Country
club on June 23. For the girls
.of the senior high division, Mar-
di Meyers won first place, with
Florence Stacey second. For the
junior high group, Alicia Rob
inson was first and there was a
five-way tie for the second
prize.
In this group were Jannon
Van Valzah, Sylvia Teeter, Car
ol Lewis, Mira Frohnmayer,
and Jane Bash. Ties will be
played off on June 30. Mrs
Robert Shepherd and Mrs. Tom
Culbertson, Jr., of the women's
division were in charge of the
Play.
. A spec tournament has been
icheduled for the next play for
these juniors.
BELIEVES IN TREES
Nebraska City, Neb. 4U.fi)
Frank Fields believes in Arbor
Day. Fields planted his first Ar
bor Day tree in 1902. This year
he planted one on the holiday,
making the 50th consecutive
year he has observed the holi
day. Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at
8:30 p.m. for following day; 10 a.m.
Monday for Monday; noon Saturday
for Sunday a.m.
RENT A CAR
DAILY'S U-DRIVE
and
BODY and
PAINT SHOP
Southern Oregon's Oldest
and Finest
29 S. Bartlett . Medford
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HAROLD E. METCALF
"A Certain Voice with a Positive Message
for These Uncertain Times"
Lilian r
910 S. CENTRAL
MAIL TRIBUNE
Two Rogue Valley Marines Like
New Armored Vests for Battle
Two local marines, Pfc Hugo
D. Vernon, 19, who has been
recommended for the purple
heart, and Pfc. Robert C. Elrod,
23. who has received the purple
heart, have been wearing a new
type of armored vest in the Ko
rean war, according to a report
by Herman Edwards, military
editor of the Oregonian.
Private Vernon, former assist
ant manager of the Craterian
Newsmen's Wages
Remain Controlled
Washington U.R) Senate
House conferees on the controls
bill rejected a proposal that
would have exempted from wage
controls employees of newspap
ers, magazines, radio and TV
stations, and motion picture,
theater and outdoor advertising
enterprises.
The proposal had been passed
by the House, but it was deleted
from the final compromise bill
extending price-wage controls
for another 10 months..
The provision was sponsored
in the House by Rep. Paul C.
Jones (D-Mo.), who noted that
it would only exempt wages in
industries that already are ex
empt from price controls.
One source said the provision
was objected to in the Senate-
House conference committee on
grounds that it was too broad
and might lead to further broad
exemptions.
Viruses Examined
In Cancer Search
Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Ua
iversity of California scientists
have been examing tiny cells,
magnified 50,000 times, to trace
and identify viruses which may
have some relation to cancer.
So far they have found no
evidence that viruses cause hu
man cancer, though they have
found viruses in some animal
cancers. However, the Ameri
can Cancer Society Tecently
gave the California scientists an
other grant of money to con
tinue their search.
It., is.. a "needle-in-the-hay-
stack hunt, because a single,
almost invisible drop of fluid
contains thousands of particles,
according to Dr. Robley C. Wil
liams, who has been working
on the problem along with Dr.
R. C. Backus.
When the scientist puts a tiny
drop of fluid under an electron
microscope, he has a picture
two feet wide containing many
tnousands of particles. Which
are the viruses and which aren't
is the question.
It is a slow painstaking job
to isolate and identify the vir
uses.
EMERGENCY ROUTE SIGNS
Emergency highway signs will
not be elected by civil defense
personnel until after major dis
aster occurs. It Is hoped that
these signs, now in storage in
various locations in northwest
ern Oregon, will keep on gather
ing dust. But If they should be
needed, obey instructions. Help
keep main roads clear for high-
priority vehicles.
The growing and shedding of
antlers by deer each season is
a characteristic of the family.
Dead line Sunday Classified la at
noon Saturdays.
a
TOk
Sunder, June It, 1952
theater, Medford, ia the brother
of J. D. Vernon, 804 Beekman
street He was wounded by some
shrapnel in the thigh, but the
armored vest staved off chest
wounds. Serving as a fire team
leader in a rifle platoon of the
3d battalion, 1st marine infan
try, Private Vernon had doubt-
ed the effectiveness of the eight
pound vest before testing it with
a .45 caliber service pistol. He
shot at the vest from ten feet,
and found that the slug did not
penetrate it.
Private Vernon is due home
next month on rotation leave
after serving ten months in the
Korean war. He has been in the
Marines for two years.
Private Elrod is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Elrod, who
have a farm between Phoenix
and Medford. Edwards said that
this marine swears by the arm
ored vest, which all men going
forward to the main line of re
sistance are now being required
to wear. Private Elrod has been
in Korea ten months with the 3
battalion and expects to be com
ing back to the United States in
the near future.
PROP NUTS CONTEST
The Medford Prop Nuts will
hold a pre-filght contest from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Agate
desert, unless it is rained out.
Court Records
POT.TCH COURT
Irvin Willis DeWilfe, four In front
seat, S5 bail.
Roy M. Clark Jr., failure to stop.
$5 bail.
Lee Joseph Ancer, failure to stop
at red light. $5 bail.
John S. Anderson, violation of basic
rule. $10 bail.
John Lonnie Alexander, failure to
stop at stoplight, $5 ball.
Leslie Everett Green, violation of
basic rule, $10 bail.
CIRCUIT COURT
Lawrence F. Conant Jr., va. Patricia
J. Conant. divorce decree.
Estate of George A. Rehart, peti
tion.
DISTRICT COURT
Jack B. Klukkert, overload, $137.50,
no log naming permit, sis.
Alvin R. Smith, no operator's 11'
cense, $10.
Cloise Elton Brewer, drunk on pub
lic highway, sio.
George S. Isaac, overheight. $8.
Clark W. Brown Jr., overwidth.
overload and overlength loads, total
37.50.
Robert Louis Miller, switched li
cense plates, $6.
Virgil L. Brown, overload, over
width and overload, total $49.50.
David E. Jackson, two overloads.
total $87.
Harlan L. Dyer, overload, $140.
Sidney George Budden, two over
loads, total $255.
George Preston Goolshy, overload
S43.
Bill G. Richardson, three overloads,
total $222.
William Hunter Hannold, overload,
$33.50.
Frank Sidney Lewis, overheight,
overload and overwidth, total $37.
William Ray Francisco, 'overload,
$51.50.
MARRIAGE LINCENSES
Robert Fenton Earnest, 21, 60 North
Orange street, Medford, and Elsie Dell
Braun. 19, 820 West 12th street, Med
ford.
Billy Ross Turman, 23, 906 West
11th. Medford, and Flonne Waters,
16. 1003 West 10th street. Medford.
Dexter Healy, 24, Eugene, and Lael
Dolores Shuck. 22, 320 Laurel street.
Medford.
June Marie Bosworth, 23. 2425 East
Main street. Medford. and William
George Hughes. 27, Portland.
Donald Paul Schneider. 19, 704 West
Sixth street, and Colleen Frances At
terbury. 18, 1002 West 11th street.
Medford.
Ray Donald Bostwick. 19, 503 Haven
street, Medford. and Margaret Ruth
Mccormick. 19, 2002 stage road, soutn.
' Joseph Corrigan, 44 Etna, Calif.,
and Dorothy Mae Gould, 23. Etna,
Calif.
Joseph Benjamin Dotson. 25. Central
Point and jacquelln Mae JDaye. Z7
320 East Main. Medford.
Vincent T. LeRoy Chase. 34. 628
Hamilton street, Medford, Quida Mae
Dobbs. 34, 1994 Table .Rock road,
Medford.
Delbert E. Box, 29, Ashland,, and
Myrtle R. Grant, 27. no address.
LIJAH
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To This World
BEFORE
The Coming of
CHRIST?
Hear This Dynamic Sermon
Tonight
Doors Open at 7 p.m.
OTHER LECTURES
Tuesday, July 1 at 7:40 p.m.
"The Greatest PROPHET Since
John the Revelator."
Friday, July 4 at 7:40 p.m.
"FIREWORKS on Mt. Carmel!"
Saturday, July 5 at 3:30 p.m.
"Standing Alone."
Bible Class will meet on Tues
day and Friday nights at
7:20 p.m.
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RED RIOTER SUBDUED Japanese police straggle with a rioter
after Communists attacked the United States security forces'
housing area at Osaka, Japan. Blood streams from the demon
strator's head as he holds onto policeman's leg. Marking the
second anniversary of the Korean war, the rioters used fire and
acid bombs in their attack.
Why Is the
By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer, Extension Division
Oregon Higher Education System
Many of our readers when, on
a cloudless day, coming to the
foot of a steep hill or when
climbing it, have doubtless been
impressed by the unusually in
tense blue and clearness of the
sky along the high horizon line
at the top. Horizons and blue
skies are familiar sights, yet the
unnatural contact of the two
momentarily gives the impres
sion of beholding a rare sky col
oration, for most horizons are
bordered with whitish haze.
When looking toward a near
by hilltop, one is actually gazing
at a very high part of the sky
where blueness is the rule. But
to say this color is natural is
simply the' ancient explanation
which really tells us little. In
stead of being blue, why is not
the sky violet or green or white?
Occasionally it is.
Ancient Explanation
Leonardo da Vinci, the paint
er, 400 years ago attempted a
scientific explanation when he
said the blue is the combination
of white sunlight with the black
of outside space. Later, many
others, including the great Sir
Isaac Newton, offered solutions,
but not until the last century
was a well-proven explanation
established.
The blue is due to the scatter
ing of the sunlight colors by the
tiny particles of dust in the air,
or even by the gaseous mole
cules themselves. White sunlight
is made up of all colors from the
relatively long waves of red on
through orange, yellow, green,
and blue to the shortest, violet.
None of these colors gets
through the atmosphere in an
undisturbe'd straight line to us,
but the shorter the wave, the
greater the scattering at random
over the sky. The violet is scat
tered seven times as effectively
as the red.
Sky Would Be Black
Were it not for this property
of scattering, our daytime sky
would be black and even the
stars would be visible in it. All
places protected from direct sun
light (shadows) would be in
tensely dark as they are on the
atmosphereless moon.
In a clear sky a small amount
of red is. scattered, a little more
orange and yellow, a consider
able green, and a great deal of
blue and violet. All of this to
gether, deficient in long waves
and abundantly supplied with
short waves, gives a color com
bination which to us appears
blue.
Observations from very High
mountain tops show a distinct
violet tinge to the sky, especially
overhead. Stratosphere balloon
ists report darker skies the high
er the elevation. The thin air
above these locations scatters
light less effectively than the
Klamath Man Enters
Plea of Not Guilty
W. J. Easter, Klamath Falls,
Friday entered a plea of not
guilty in Judge Rawles Moore's
district court to charges of ob
structing a county road, accord
ing to Assistant District Attor
ney Robert Dickey.
Easter was arraigned and his
jury trial was set for July 22. He
has been released on bond.
The charges were brought by
County Engineer Paul B. Ryn
ning. Refrigerator or
Washer
SERVICE
-calk-
TOM SMITH
at
Western Auto
Phone 2-6882
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Sky Blue?
denser air below.
Toward a distant, level hori
zon, we look through nearly 40
times the thickness of air en
countered toward the zenith, so
scattering of all colors is much
more pronounced and usually
gives a whitish effect. The beau
tiful greens, yellows, and reds in
sunset effects are indirectly con
nected with scattering of light
as it comes through the denser
air near the earth.
Woman, 87f Owns
Paper for 68 Years
Montrose, S. D. (U.R) Mrs.
Mary Bowman, celebrating her
87th birthday, also marked her
68th year of active ownership
of the same weekly newspaper.
Mrs. Bowman and her hus
band established the Montrose
Herald in 1884 and operated it
together until his death 12 years
ago. Since then, Mrs. Bowman
hag carried on with the aid of
two assistants.
In the early days, she recalled,
the $l-a-year subscription price
was often. paid in eggs or other
commodities. The subscription
list now stands at 750. The paper
is still printed, by hand, in the
same building the Bowmans
bought 68 years ago.
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(Chinese Commies Scheme
For Conquest
Hong Kong U.R) The
Communists in China have em
barked on an ambitious scheme
for conquest of nature building
a motor road from Singkiang
Province to Lhasa, the capital
of Tibet, according to the official
New China News Agency.
Construction of the road
through the rugged Tibetan coun
try with mountains running as
high as 18,000 feet is adjudged
impossible, technically and phy
sically, by the best engineering
brains.
However, apparently because
of its great military importance,
the Chinese Reds are braving na
ture and all hazards in attempt
ing its construction. The official
news agency claimed that "the
People's Fighters" were doing
fine thus far.
Blast Through Mountains
The agency claimed that road-
Spanish Gold Felt
Buried in Ozark Hills
Springfield, Mo. (U.R) There's
no evidence that the Spaniards
ever toured the Missouri Ozarks
and buried millions in gold in
the "poor man's Rockies."
Ben F. Woods has a different
idea. He dug a hole 15 feet deep
in the middle of Springfield in
search for a "Spanish treasure"
he believes is buried in the vi
cinity. Some 17 years ago, a Spring
field newspaper published a
treasure map. The story has it
that the Spaniards buried 16 to
20 wagon loads of gold and sil
ver bullion in bars "somewhere
in the Ozarks."
Woods said he started out to
find the loot and now "I'm gonna
find it." He said he employed
"witching," in addition to the
map.
Missouri's Driver
License Test Tougher
Jefferson City, Mo. (U.R)
Missouri has junked its anti
quated drivers' license require
ments and installed a new,
"tough" test for operators of
trucks and automobiles.
There was a time when a man
could stagger into a store or a
bank and buy a license to oper
ate a machine on the highways
of Missouri. The new law elim
inates that possibility.
An applicant now must be
able to answer at least 20 of 100
important questions about driv
ing. The license he earns through
special tests conducted by the
state highway patrol will be
good for a year.
State licenses may be suspend
ed for as long as a year for
major violations.
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of Nature
beds have been blasted through
mountains up to Kanmu, a small
town southwest of Chamdo, gate
way to Tibet The agency did
not say when the road can be
built to there. It is 500 miles
from Chamdo to Lhasa as the
crow flies.
The projected road is vitally
important to the Communists in
supplying their occupation army
in Tibet and in consolidating
control of the Lamaland.
The New China News Agency
said construction of the road
began last year and Is now being
carried on with no let-up.
Lives Sacrificed
The agency said tremendous
difficulties, sometimes almost in
surmountable ones, are encoun
tered in' the task and immense
sacrifices in lives have been
made.
The agency claimed, however,
that "the People's fighters led by
party members have surmount
ed all obstacles and are carry
ing on the job as only they could
do."
It said that the mountains,
rising abruptly to as high as 18,
000 feet, have to be scaled and
swift-running rivers bridged.
"The Peoples fighters" are la
boring under impossible condi
tions of 20 below zero weather
which changed into a blistering
summer heat in the middle of
the day with frequent hail
storms, the agency said.
Bavarian Prince's
Uniform Being Held
Bloomington, 111. (U.R) If
Prince Eugene Zu Oettingen und
Wallerstein ever passes through
Bloomington, he can reclaim his
10-pound full-dress uniform.
The Bavarian prince left his
uniform behind when he appar
ently made a hasty departure
from his castle during World
War II. It was "salvaged" by
William Roberds, of Normal, 111.,
who brought it back after his
discharge from the Army.
The gold-braided, silk-lined
unifrom now is at the McLean
County Historical Society, loan
ed for display by Roberds.
Dead line Sunday Classified! Is at
noon Saturdays.
PARK VIEW NURSING HOME
906 West Main Street
Medford, Oregon Phone 2-6938
Completely equipped Nursing Home for chronic -nd
convalescents. Hot water heat throughout building.
Licensed by the State of Oregon.
24-HOUR NURSING CARE
Registered Nurse in Charge
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OLDSMOBILE DEALER
World's Smallest
Book in Production
Munich, Germany (U.R) A
Munich publishing firm is pro
ducing what it believes to be
the world's smallest printed
book.
The book, measuring 4.1 milli
meters (about a quarter of an
inch) square, contains 20 pages,
the first of which is covered with
the 380 letters of the Lord's
Prayer in German.
The remaining 19 pages are
blank, possibly for notes. Hans
Waldmann, of the Munich pub
lishing firm of Waldmann and
Pfister, said 252 of the books fit
into a match book and that each
copy weighs less than half a
match.
The letters are so small they
can only be read with the aid of
a strong magnifying glass.
BAD AS HIGH WATER
Relief forces headed for Van
port to rescue flood victims in
1948 stopped by another threat:
Sunday drivers. After any dis
aster, the first problem is getting
help to the stricken area. The
best contribution from the pub
lic is their help in keeping roads
open for emergency vehicles.
SHILOH RELIC RETRIEVED
Corinth, Miss. (U.R) Nor
man Hagy has a fishing trophy
on the wall of his Catfish Hotel
near here. It's a Civil War rifle
he pulled up while fishing near
the site of the 'famous Battle of
Shiloh.
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