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Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years
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10 YEARS AGO
July 29. 1942
(It was Wednesday)
United States bureau of mines
announces it will send engineers
here to study coal deposits in
Medford-Ashland area.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: There are
now gentle hints that the meat
shortage, always somewhere else,
is a "bum steer."
20 YEARS AGO
July 29. 1932
. (It was Friday)
Local orchardists, packers and
shippers plan cooperative pro
' gram for unemployment relief in
southern Oregon.
County a s s e s s o r's survey
shows total of 3,914 buildings
of various "tyes within city limits
of Medford.
30 YEARS AGO
July 29. 1922
(It was Saturday)
Man who was "lynched" by
local Ku Klux Klan members
returned here from southern
California by law enforcement
officers to give testimony before
grand jury.
Airplane to be sent to Med
ford to be used for patrolling
forested areas during fire season.
40 YEARS AGO
July 29, 1912
(It was Sunday
Combination of 96 degree tem
peratures and cloudy weather
sends humidity soaring in Rogue
valley.
Local growers arrange to ship
portion of "largest watermelon
crop ever grown in the valley"
to California points by rail.
CUPBOARD EMPTY,
NO SUPPER
Jackson, Miss. (U.R) Mary
Emma Scott, a maid, complain
ed to police that her employer,
C. N. Parker, kicked her when
he returned home from work to
find no supper cooked. The maid
claimed she had nothing to
cook.
Court Records
. Bennett Bradner Lewis, expired ve
hicle license. S3
Stanley Kent Peters, violation of
basic rule. S10 bail.
Lloyd Elton Hanscom. violation of
basic rule. $10.
. Clarence Ray South, violation of
basic rule. $10 bail.
Agnes . Hopkins Flanagan. violaUon
of 1asic rule. $10 bail.
Urmal Ardella Jenkins, failure to
atob at red light. $5 bail.
Ereddy Lawavne Mitchell, violation
of basic rule. $10 bail.
. Ronnie Vernon Sparks. Eagle Point,
reckles driving. $25 bail.
LaRue Morris, violaUon of basic
rule. $10.
DISTRICT COURT
Grover Dewitt Atchley. overload.
$132.50. .
J. J. Myrick, overwidth. $7.
; Walter E. Matthews, overwidth. $8.
Frank J. Simpson, overload. S68.
Elvin W. Blankenship, overwidth.
$10.
Leo V. Thompson Jr.. overload,
$45 50.
Harold R Graves, overwidth. S6.
Roy A. Ferrington, overwidth. $6.
Marion David Reed, overload.
$167.50.
John Frank Harden, overwidth. $15.
Alvin Lisonbee. overwidth. $6.
James C. Sanders, no tail light, $5.
. Coe E. Brown, defective muffler. $6.
James W. O'Neill, driving while li
cense suspended. S10.
Kenneth D. Peavler. no clearance
lights. $7.50.
Samuel E. Swift passing with insui
ffoenr clearance. $!0.
Emanuel Crudup. Los Angeles.
Calif., drunk in a public place. $15.
CIRCCIT COURT
Charles Albert Rowley vs. Louise
F. Rowley, divorce complaint
Dead Une Sunday Classifieds Is at
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1S1
DEMOS HAD
IN CHICAGO
By ALICIA RUHL
Chicago, July 25 (By Air
Mail) "The Democrats," stat-
led a delegate from California
modestly, "have a little bit of
everything." At 2:30 in the mor
ning, hanging onto a subway
strap with several hoarse dele
gates and wilted newspapermen,
I could only feel she had under
stated the situation. For the day
that had started out to be Nom
inating Day, and had turned out
to be after fourteen and a
half noisy violent hours just
a preliminary to it, had every
thing to make a political orgy
complete except an assassination
and there were moments when
that seemed just around the cor
ner. '
But if it stopped short of as
sassination it stopped just one
notch short, for at an extreme
ly critcal moment when Gov
ernor Byrnes of South Carolina
was. explaining just what his
attitude was toward placing the
names of Democratic nominees
on his state ballot, a voice sud
denly broke in over the loud
speaker system, slightly louder
than his own:
"Let's not have any panici
Let's not have any panic! They
are putting it out! It's just a
newspaper! Theae's two fire
men and a policeman here! Stay
where you are! Let's" not have
any panic! No panic, please!"
The only one who seemed to
be panicky was the speaker,
whose voice was rising in a cre
scendo all the time. The delegate
from California said that he was
literally shaking, but this was
more understandable when one
was informed that the delegates
were standing . at this time
approximately two in the mor
ning ankle deep in paper,
The press, for the umpty-umpi
time during the day, scrambled
onto the wooden tables in front
of them and strained to see just
what was going on." Even from
this vantage point it was impos
sible to see the floor of the aud
itorium, but one did see, after
a moment, a slight haze of smoke
drifting lazily up through the
multicolored bunches of balloons
toward the ceiling where starry.
balloons clung clustered like
bubbles against the glass of an
aquarium.
The excitement was over in
a moment, but the nerve of the
convention was somewhat shat
tered. Some moments later a dele
gate from the District of Colum
bia asked for the floor. "I am
willing to die for my country;"
said he, in a voice heavy with
weariness, "but I don't want to
die tonight. I move that we ad
journ until eleven tomorrow."
The ayes had it, surprisingly
enough, for up to that time there
had been a heated parliamentary
battle as to just whether they
would adjourn, or whether they
would not, the Stevenson
group wanting to press on into
the first ballot, the Kefauver
Harriman group determined to
forestall a vote at this hour
when everyone was fatigue-happy,
middle -of-the- road minded,
and still impressed by the ob
viously enthusiatic Stevenson
ovation.
Certainly the session had a
"little bit of everything" sheer
color, corn, and tumult, with
emphasis on the tumult. The
press section, under a cluster of
loudspeakers, had more than
their fair share of the noise and
spent most of their time with
their fingers in their ears - or
staggering around with their
balance mechanisms off-kilter.
I personally will never feel the
same about "Bob" Kerr, who
may have "been born in a log
cabin," who possibly can't help
his millions, who may have
"learned the Bible at his moth
ers knee" but whose theme
song was full of percussion and
entirely responsible, I am sure,
for that continuous buzzing in
my head.
Everybody had a good time.
With thirteen or so nominees,
most of whom had about as
much chance of living in the
White House as Winston Chur
chill, there was ample oppor
tunity to bounce up and down
in time to the music, hum your
favorite tunes off-key without
your next-door neighbor being
able to critcize, indulge in your
suppressed impulses toward ex
hibitionism, bat around stray
balloons and sprinkle confetti
into innocent wayfarers hair.
Even the very snappy band
had a good time, the brass sec
tion playing catch with a ball
oon that happened to drift into
range, the leader - whom one
would have thought would have
been strictly non-partisan
bursting forth in a coonskin cap
during the Kefauver rally, the
tail bobbing jauntily up and
down in time to the music.
The enthusiasm was uninhib
ited and indiscriminate. Every
rally brought forth an untidy
mixture of Stevenson, Russell,
Kefauver, Harriman, and Kerr
banners I suppose their itchy
. . . , , ,, u -
feet just couldn t resist the
Tuesday. -July 29. 1952
EVERYTHING
CONVENTION
rhythm. One character, whose
matted beard and generally
rugged appearance made a per
fect setting for a coonskin cap,
cheered loudly from the gallery
for Kefauver, then appeared in
precisly the same spot a few
hours later with a huge Steven
son button pinned on his cap
and cheered loudly for Steven
son.
Like Pavlov's dog, the reflex
es of the mob were so well
trained that when the Governor
of Indiana inadvertently ' men
tioned Stevenson's name one
third of the way through his
nominating speech he had to
spend the next ten minutes try
ing to restore order.
Adjectives were unbounded
and monotonously unvaried.
There didn't seem to be an "un
distinguished," "un-patriotic,"
"un-outstanding" Democrat in
the lot, and one began to wond
er why so many were so out-of-temper
with some of the South
ern delegates. Before the eve
ning was over, however, they
too, were "distinguished," "out
standing," and "patriotic." Also,
for reasons unclear to me, pre
cisely those candidates least
likely to succeed were invar
iably introduced, in booming
crescendos as "our next pres
ident of the United States"
One of the least likely of nom
inations was that of Paul Dev
er of Massachusetts, who may be
a very fine fellow but who is
famous if . he is famous for
anything outside of his own
state for a distinctly unphot
ogenic appearance, which tele
vision audiences all over the
country have had a chance to
appreciate, and for a temper
amental frog-croak voice, which
is likely to crack,, turn falset
to, or fail entirely. A speechless
nominee might have its advan
tages but it would make the
presidental campagn a very un
usual one.
Nonetheless, there was three
quarters of an hour of lively
music and bobbing signs telling
the world that Massachusetts
owed its roads to Paul Dever,
that Dever was for the aged,
and recommending "Dever For
ever" a chilling prospect, and
with the democratc reputation
for staying in office, not a good
advertisement.
Some of the banners bobbing
around, however, were pretty
clever. Bob Kerr had one de
scribing him as the "Greatest
Elephant Hunter in the world. '
A banner draped from the bal
cony proclamed the authors,
"Madly for Adlai." Harriman
rooters predicted it would be
"Av-rell in November" some
one quipped, "Yes, but who is
it in July?" With a bit of poetic
license, and a few more votes,
it's probable It will be "Adlie"
no one seems to know how to
pronounce that first name any
way. Russell's rooters were strong
on reassurance. Everyone and
everything was "safe with Rus
sell." Your "homes were safe
with Russell," the farmers were
"safe with Russell," "business
was safe with Russell," your
sons were "safe with Russell,"
industry was "safe with Rus
sell," and even labor "was safe
with Russell" it would be
pretty hard to convince the last
two that both could be safe at
the same lime.
Barnes Chevrolet
Firm Wins Awards
The three departments of
Barnes Chevrolet company, 227
Ninth street, were recently an
nounced winners of a "Paul
Bunyan" contest conducted
among Chevrolet firms in the
West Coast zone, according to
Owner Larry Barnes. The win
ners include the sales, service
and parts departments.
The parts and service depart
ments . took first place, in com
petition with all dealers in the
zone, by going over their quotas
which were among the highest
in the area. As first prize win
ners, the two departments will
receive $1,000 each for distribu
tion to employees..
The first place scored by the
sales department entitled the
four employees of. the depart
ment to attend a "pay-off party
July 29 and 30 at Gearhart. One
of the group, which includes
Sales Manager Cecil Nelson and
Salesman Art Maggenti, "Doc"
Wilson and Frank Robertson.
will receive a new .Chevrolet
car, along with cash and mer
chandise awards, Barnes said
New York City reaches nearly
100 miles into the lower Cat-
skills for most of its water sup
ply. Los Angeles depends large
ly on Owens river water brought
238 miles by aqueduct, and
draws one-sixth of its supply 392
miles from the Parker Dam on
the Colorado river. ; -
India's Dhauli Gorge" wind
ing through the central .Himal
ayas, gains 10,000 feet in eleva
tion in 35 miles.
Crosstown
i,"
LITTLE SCOUTS
"I forgot my bugle, but if we camp near a farmhouse,
maybe I can borrow a rooster to wake the guys up
with."
Matter of Fact
CHICAGO AND STONEHENGE
Chicago The scene is the
innermost of the great stone
circles at Stonehenge, the time,
perhaps three thousand years
ago. By the stone of sacrifice,
stands the chief Druid, and -all
about, in eager, ordered ranks,
are all the tribes of neolithic
Britain. The races are over. The
dancers have retired. The mo
ment has come. The king of the
old year is led to the altar, to be
killed with the mistletoe dagger,
and to rise again in the body of
the king of the year to come.
It may seem a bit odd to be
thinking about these ancient
ceremonies amid the sordid lit
ter which the political conven
tions have left behind here in
Chicago. But American political
conventions none the less strong
ly resemble the great gatherings
of the tribes, at which the old
peoples of the past sought to in
sure successful harvests and vic
tory in war by cruel and tradi
tional rites.
Certainly there is the same
spirit of elation, of collectively
induced excitement which made
the old people truly believe that
the prosperity of the year de
pended on the year-king. Cer
tainly, there are human sacri
fices, although no blood flows
for television. And sheer bitter
ness of disappointed ambition is
the substitute for the mistletoe
dagger. And the end purpose
and result are certainly much
the same. :
I
N FACT, in a queer way, one
president is much like a year
king, being held responsible, as
the year-kings were, for giving
the tribe both victory and
plenty, and being doomed as
well to something very like ex
tinction when his term runs out.
All of which is relevant at the
moment because it seems to
these reporters that the time has
come to pay tribute to the Am
erican convention system. These
great quadrennial tribal gather
ings of ours may be illogically
organized, and no doubt are.
They may be singularly sordid
in many of their aspects; as to
this no one would argue. They
may have so little outward
rhyme or reason that they drive
foreign spectators almost mad
with puzzlement, which is al
ways a funny convention-time
sight. ' .
But the main fact about the
convention system is that it
works, like so many other out
wardly illogical but effective
and adaptable American politi
cal institutions. Perhaps this is
the American , political genius,
to mingle pragmatism and tradi
tion in just the right propor
tions. We have" a good many
political contraptions which
look like inventions of Rube
Goldberg yet produce immea
surably better results than the
carefully thought out designs of
the political theorists.
'
A LOT OF PEOPLE who think
that politics ought to be logi
cal have been talking, recently,
about abandoning conventions
for national primaries. But in
the first place, the national pri
mary would inflict on us the
equivalent of two elections,
hand-running, when even one is
bad enough. In the second place,
the national primary could nev
er achieve the delicate adjust
ment of regional viewpoints,
personal and popular .interests,
economic and social influences,
which each political convention
somehow achieves.
And in the third place, it is
impossible to imagine a national
primary doing better than these
last Democratic and Republican
conventions,-which have given
the country two such candidates
for president as Dwight D.
Eisenhower and Adlai E. Steven
son. Nor are trading , and dealing
and rumor-spreading and false
promising by any means the
By Roland Coe
By Joseph and
Stewart Alice
truly important features of the
convention process, although
they often seem so important on
the surface.
individual motives may be
cheap and self-serving, but the
collective motive the purpose
of the convention as a gathering
of the tribes quite often takes
on a quality of nobility. The in
dividual delegates may be ven
omously partisan, they may only
want to get or keep 'jobs, they
may be under the lash' of some
petty boss or labor or business
potentate. But when the tribes
men are in their seats and com
ing up to a ballot, the cheap
nesses tend to cancel one anoth
er out, and the strongest influ
ence somehow becomes a genu
ine collective care for the future
of the country.
jlOREOVER, every convert
tion has its moments of in
dividual generosity and high
character which one remembers
after all the anger and bitterness
have faded.
From the Republican conven
tion, one recalls General Eisen
hower's warm gesture, when he
hastened to call on Senator Taft,
and the fine courage in defeat
that Taft showed in those hard
hours. From the Democratic ral
ly, one recalls the way Truman
placed national interest above
petty, personal irritations, to
help put over Stevenson. And
one recalls to the magnanimity
of Averell Harriman,' who was
not well served by some of his
liberal supporters, yet who nev
er failed to fight first for his
cause and to think of himself
only second.
Altogether, if you think of
them in the right way, these two
conventions which are now con
cluded have been inspiring ex
periences. They have not lacked
the customary squallor. There
has been plenty of that. But they
showed that America has a re
markable wealth of - vigorous,
patriotic and able, men in both
parties. They exhibited the
splendid vitality and adaptabil
ity of our political : life. And
they named two men of whom
any American . ought to be
warmly proud. The Druids could
not have done as well.
(Copyright, 1952,
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Congressional Quiz
Questions end Answers en What Goes en at the Capital
Furnished by Congressional Quarterly News Features
Q What is the "escape clause"
in connection with the tariff on
garlic?
A The ' Tariff Commission
asked the President , to use the
Reciprocal Trade ' Agreements
Act "escape clause" it lets the
U.S. hedge on international tar
iff agreements when they threat
en injury to American pro
ducers to allow the U.S. to
double the Italian garlic tariff.
The President July 1 turned
down the request in a move
against Italian Communists. Gar
lic is only a sideline in America,
he said, but is vital to the liveli
hood of many Italians. .
Q If the President's April 8
steel plant seiture was unlawful,
how could he seixe the industry
under the Selective Service Act?
A The April 8 action was
based on his "inherent powers"
as President, and on that basis
was ruled unconstitutional by'
Dr. Robert J. Urie
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Hospital Head Lauded
To the Editor: I hope the
Mail Tribune through its Com
munications Column will allow
me to pay tribute to one of Med-
fords outstanding citizens, a
great lady, the Superintendent
of Community Hospital, Miss
Ruth Nelson, R.N.
Having worked as a register
ed staff nurse for several years
under her direction at Commun
ity Hospital, I think I am in a
position to have some apprecia
tion of her outstanding charac
ter and qualities as an admini
strator. I have worked in a number of
hospitals, large and small, and
I can truthfully say I never en
joyed working for any superin
tendent of nurses as I did for
Miss Nelson. She has created an
atmosphere of genuine friendli
ness and homelike-ness in the
hospital, and has done more
than anyone I know of to make
it a real community project. Pa
tients have often commented up
on this gratefully to me.
Miss Nelson has a real talent
for good personnel relationships.
She consistently maintains an
attitude of expecting employees
to do their best, and she is rare
ly disappointed. She is not
afraid to give freely any well
deserved pats on the back and
words of praise.
Her public relationships have
been equally successful. Few
people have a realization of the
multiplicity of problems and
contacts a hospital superintend
ent encounters. Miss Nelson is
well loved by doctors, patients
and patrons alike, for her genu
ine and sympathetic interest in
so many people, from humblest
to highest.
She has kept abreast of devel
opments in the hospital field
and has conducted a continuous
campaign for building improve
ments, for new and adequate
equipment and supplies.
Every member of the local
District Nursing Association is
gratefully aware of Miss Nel
son's efforts to secure fully
qualified nurses to serve at Com
munity Hospital and to encour
age their membership in this
professional organization. N o
one has been more generous
than she in assisting with meet
ings and in throwing open her
apartment at the hospital for
their use.
It will be a sad day for Med
ford if ever the administration
of our Community Hospital is
entrusted to the cold, "all-busi-
ness"-like qualities of some new
and uncertain hand. "We need
Miss Nelson's personality, her
skill, educational background
and broad humanitarianism.
Let us not forget that it is
"human-ness" and capacity for
service which makes institutions
of healing outstanding. It takes
good human beings and good
leadership to make good institu
tions. This community owes
much to Miss Ruth Nelson for
having provided that good and
wise leadership in its hospital.
(NAME ON FILE)
Gulfport, Miss. (U.R) Billy
Green, mailman, says what hap
pened to the mailbox at a cer
tain apartment here is "for the
birds." A pair of bluebirds built
a nest in the box and the apart
ment's tenants told Green he'd
have to deliver their mail to the
door until the young ones hatch.
the Supreme Court. However,
under the Selective Service Act,
the President has the right to
seize any plant that "refuses or
fails to fill direct orders placed
by the Defense Department with
in the period of time prescribed
by the President."
Q What is "Senate Rule 22"
the Democrats argued about at
the . convention? . . .
A It provides for ending de
bate so opponents of a bill can't
"talk it to death" by indefnitely
delaying a vote. Under present
rules debate can be halted only
if two-thirds (64) of the 96 Sen
ators so vote. The issue now is
"hot" because a rules change
next January might open the
way for Senate voting on civil
rights. Civil rights advocates say
without a change in Senate
rules, "civil rights pledges mean
nothing."
Q Just how many of Presi-
Farouk's Abdication
Dates Back to 1948
War With Palestine
By HOMER JENKS
United Press Correspondent
To find the reason for King
Farouk's abdication, you have to!
go back to the Palestine war of
1948.
Egypt, the biggest and most
powerful of the Arab Middle
Eastern states, sent her army
against the Jews in Palestine
with banners flying and hopes
high.
Egyptians Hurled Back
But smaller Israeli forces not
only hurled back the invading
Egyptians in almost every en
gagement; they even raided 35
miles into Egyptian territory.
Egyptian soldiers and officers
in the field complained bitterly
they had been given bullets that
would not fit their guns and ar
tillery shells that didn't explode.
Almost all their equipment, they
said, was obsolete, faulty -or in
too small quantities.
Israeli military pressure final
ly forced Egypt to agree to a
truce Jan. 7, 1949, and the fol
lowing month she signed an
armistice which gave her only a
thin coastal sliver of Palestinian
territory around Gaza instead of
the big chunk she had hoped to
grab.
Troops Bitter
Egyptian troops returned to
their homeland bitter and clam
oring for revenge. They blamed
their downfall on profiteering
senior generals, politicians and
even palace associates of Farouk
who they said, had bought 'in
ferior equipment at bargain
prices and pocketed the rest of
the huge defense appropriations.
One 13-month investigation re
sulted in the government order
ing Prince Abbas Halim, a cous-1
Employment in State
Near Levels of 1951
Salem (U.R) Employment con
tinued at about 1951 levels
through mid-July although ef
fects of the prolonged steel shut
down were beginning to show
up in metals, ship repairing and
other lines, the State Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission
said Monday.
Totals Close lo 1951
Tabulation of more complete
reports from employers showed
non-farm jobs in June to be al
most exactly the same as the
468,700 listed a year before.
Current totals are expected to
remain very close to the 467,600
figured for July, 1951. Whether
this approaches the all-time rec
ord of 480,400 in August, 19o0,
depends on the trend of the next
few weeks during Oregon's bus
iest producing season.
With settlement of labor dis
putes in lumbering and food
processing, these industries ac
counted for more than 25,000 of
the 30,500 increase in employ
ment between May and June.
Return of workers in transpor
tation and utilities helped bring
their totals up to last year's
levels. But contract construction
dent Truman's legislative pro
posals won Congressional ap
proval?
A Congressional Quarterly's
boxscore on the President and
the three Congresses elected
since he took office shows that
464 times he asked lawmakers
for legislative action (the figure
includes some requests repeated
each year) and Congress carried
out 199 of his plans. His batting
average for the six years (1947
1952) thus was 42.9 per cent.
Q Did the President's record
of success in getting Congress to
carry out his ideas for new laws
get better or worse through the
years?
A The percentages of his
legislative proposals enacted by
Congres dropped each year for
the last six, according to the
Congressional Quarterly Box
score. In 1947, Congress passed
47.6 per cent of his requests. In
1951, the Truman batting aver
age fell to 40.3 and this year it
skidded to 34.8.
(Copyright 1952
Congressional. Quartely)
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44 YEARS OF HUENDIY SERVICE
in of Farouk, and 12 former high
ranking defense officials held
for trial in a $5,000,000 arms
buying scandal, but nothing
came of it.
However, the army thought
its day of revenge finally had
come last March when Naguib
El Hilaly Basha became Premier
and promised to route out cor
ruption in high places.
Farouk's Friends Tapped
The trail led not only to
wealthy supporters and high of
ficials of the majority Wafd
party, but reached into the ranks
of Farouk's personal friends.
The alarm bells were sounded.
Hilaly was eased out as a re
sult of Wafd pressure July . 2.
and Hussein Sirry Pasha made
Premier. But this apparent sur
render to the profiteers brought
angry mutterings from army of
ficers and Hilaly was brought
back July 20.
Farouk was insistent, how
ever, on keeping control of the
army. He persuaded Hilaly to
put in as war minister Col. Is
mail Sherin Sey, the King's
brother-in-law.
Final Blow
To the disillusioned young
army officers, that was the final
blow. Maj. Gen. Mohammed
Naguib, Army Commandant for
Cairo and a thrice-wounded hero
of the Palestine war, and his as
sociates decided to take things
into their own hands.
Naguib and his army follow
ers seized control of the country
last Wednesday with the avowed
aim of prosecuting Army and
government "traitors" who had
betrayed their trust and estab
lishing a corruption free, stable
government.
picked up only a few hundred
to 26,300, about 3500 short of
last year and 5100 under July,
1B50. More than 7100 persons
found temporary canning jobs,
pushing food production well
above both last season and the
year before.
Some Gains Shown
Finance, trade and service
lines gained slightly over both
comparable periods while gov
ernmental jobs slackened off
slightly but at 66,700 were 1500
above last year. With the ex
ception of the metals, rails and
ship repairs were more or less
affected by the steel shortage.
most industrial lines held theif
own or improved during June.
Insured unemployment was
increased somewhat in recent
weeks over the low point early
last month. Claims crept upward
to 9253 during the third weele
of July as compared with the
1952 low of 6892 and with 7909
a year ago. Nearly 20 per cent
of the claimants were from food
processing while 24 per cent
came from construction or woods
jobs. Job openings slackened
considerably, although the mid
summer lull was not so pro
nounced as a year ago.
Chinese Boy To Tell
Citizenship Story
Portland (U.R) U. S. District
Court Judge Gus J. Solomon has
issued an order directing Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson to
prepare travel papers to permit
a 16-year-old Chinese boy, Louie
Kyle Fale, to come to Portland
for court proceedings in his suit
to be declared a citizen of the
United States.
Fale claims citizenship , be
cause his father, a Portland
cook, is a citizen.
The American consul at Hong
King, backed by the secretary of
state, has refused to allow Fale
to leave China.
Solomon contended that an
American citizen has a right to
appear in court in his own be
half to prove his right to citizen
ship and the government can't
keep Fale in China while it
makes up its mind on procedure.