SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
GOP National
Report Given
; . The "inside workings of a
political convention were relat
ed to a group of Jackson County
Young Republicans Friday eve
ning by Robert A. Elliott, state
Republican chairman and one of
four seconders to the nomination
Of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In an informal speech, Elliott
told the group of the importance
that television now plays in a
convention and how the differ
ent candidates geared their nom
ination races to the medium. He
added that this would be one of
the last instances of a delegate
telling of the convention to an
audience that had not already
seen, television, including, in
mostr cases, the audiences know
ing, of. various political moves
sometimes well in advance of
the delegates themselves.
Explained Enlargement
He. explained the effect of the
enlargement of the Republican
National committee which had
32 "new members added after the
convention with the addition of
state emmittee chairmen when
a state qualifys by voting a Re
publican mapority, or by elect
ing a. majority of congressional
representatives, or by electing
a Republican governor.. The
most important effect of such
an enlargement, the speaker not
ed, would be the dilution of
southern influence on the com
mittee where the GOP party
is the minority party,
He also expressed his belief
that in the coming general elec
tion campaigns, Texas would be
"a great battleground" for
nartv supremacy for the first
time. He noted forthcoming
"key" battles based upon the
fact that "35,000 properly plac
ed votes would have elected
Thomas Dewey in 1948 instead
Of President Truman."
The state chairman also pre
dicted a "tremendous discussion
in the next few years of nation
wide primaries," although" he
warned against too quick an ac
ceptance with such pitfalls to
be ironed out as a "flood of can
didates" diluting a representa
tive vote.
Elliott also believed that many
of the primary laws would be
improved before the next na
tional convention, making the
Funds Being Distributed
To Support County Fairs
Salem U.R) State money to
help support county fairs in the
state is now being distributed,
Scretary of State Earl T. New
bry said Saturday.
The distribution is made from
lunds received by the state tax
on pari-mutual betting at horse
and dog racing in the state. As
of Aug. 7, the fund totaled $685,
194.07, of which $269,194.07 was
apportioned to the state's gen
eral fund. The remainder is be
in handed out to 10 different
fairs and expositions and to the
counties for their fairs or expo
sitions. Each of Oregon's 36 counties
will receive $8,644.45. A simi
lar distribution will be made
next October following racing
at the State Fair and other
tracks. The total received for dis
tribution in 1951 amounted to
$817,574.74.
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Convention
Local Group
selection of delegates more dem
ocratic. In concluding his convention
notes, the GOP leader said that
in spite of the wide - spread be
lief that the difference of op
inion between factions at the
convention was based on age,
there was stronger evidence to
prove that voting was done by
region for the favorite and best
known candidate. He cited many
young midwest leaders as back
ing Sen. Robert Taft because
they knew him, and other reg
ional selections by the party's
youth rather than a general old
young age division.
A guest at the meeting was
Mrs. H. C. Elliott, Portland, mo
ther of the chairman. Bob Dick
ey, county Young Republican
chairman presided and announc
ed a board of directors meeting
Monday, August 11, at 12 noon
in the Medford hotel.
Girl Who Lost
After Regaining Education
Charlotte. N.C. (U.R) A cour
ageous 20-year-old girl who sur
vived an agonizing illness and
triumphed over a loss of mem
ory by repeating her schooling
from the first grade honey
mooned Saturday with an Okla
homa youth who admired her
determination and wooed her by
mail.
Pretty, brunette Carolyn Big-
Newly Elected VFW
Commander Lashes
Out at Communists
Los Angeles U.R) The new
commander in . chief of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars Saturday
asked the group to "fight the
Commies where ever they raise
their heads."
James W, Cothran, 37, Bishop-
ville, S. .C, was elected to office
Friday , as the organization
wound un its 53rd annual en
campment amid a stormy con
demnation of the Embassy Hotel
for permitting . a fund-raising
group for 14 convicted California
Communists to hold a meeting
in its auditorium.
"I refuse to accept my oath as
your commander in chief in this
auditorium, Cothran said as ne
took the rostrum in the same
hall where the fund raisin
group had been permitted to hold
its meeting the night before.
Installation ceremonies were
switched to the auditorium of
downtown hotel. Cothran was
unopposed to succeed Frank C
Hilton as commander in chiet.
Other officers were Wayne E
Richards, Arkansas City, Ark
senior vice commander, and
Merton B. Tice, 43, Mitchell, S
D., junior vice commander. Rob
ert D. Handy Jr. was elected to
his 29th term as quartermaster
general.
Mrs. George Holm, Chicago,
was installed as national presi
dent of the VFW's ladies aux
iliary.
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Sunday, August 10, 1952
Try for Attention
Causes Difficulty
Portland (U.R) A Portland
man was in Providence hospital
Saturday following his attempt
to attract the attention of his
wife.
Howard Walter Schields, 30,
suffered a severe laceration on
his right arm as he pushed on a
partly open automobile window
late Friday night.
His wife, Velma, 30, according
to police, had rushed from the
house, climbed into the family
car, and started to the home of
hel mother. As Mrs. Schields
was backing out of the driveway,
her husband approached the
right side of the car and pushed
on the front door window. The
window was partly open and
yielded under the force of Mr.
Schield's hand, almost severing
his upper arm.
Schields is reported to be in
fair condition at Providence hos
pital. Memory Weds
ham, a dime store girl who won
nation-wide sympathy in her
battle to recapture the past after
her memory failed, was wed in
a quiet candlelight ceremony
here Friday night to Gwyn
Daniel, Ardmore, Okla., whose
letters of encouragement and ro
mance helped her to recover.
The couple began their honey
moon in a North Carolina hide
away and will go to Daniel's
Ardmore home Monday. Caro
lyn will complete a literature
course by correspondence to win
her second high school diploma
and the groom plans to begin
night school to earn a college de
gree.
rne couple s story-book ro
mance began in September,
1950, shortly after Carolyn was
stricken with meningococcal
mcingitis. She had just gradu
ated from high school.
She survived the illness after
four months in a hospital but
c .Id remember nothing of her
family, her past or of her educa
tion. Carolyn decided to begin
school all over again, including
learning how to read and write
Taniel read of her plight in a
national magazine and was one
of thousands to send her letters
of encouragement.
New Bids Requested
For Coos Bay Project
Portland (U.R) The Corps
of Engineers announced Satur
day it plans to re-invite bids
about August 12 for dredging a
30-foot channel in Coos Bay.
All four bids received July 24
were rejected, because they ex
ceeded the government estimate
by more than 25 per cent.
Col. Thomas H. Lipscomb,
Portland district engineer, said
the new bids will be opened
August 26.
The work is in two parts. One
calls for dredging 798,000 cubic
yards place measure and disposal
of the material. The other part
calls for dredging 120,000 cubic
yards and disposal of material.
Carpenters' Wages
Increased 15 Cents
Portland (U.R) The Wage
Stabilization Board said Satur
day pay increases of 15 cents an
hour, retroactive to July 1, have
been approved for some 12,000
carpenters in Oregon who work
for about 600 contractors affili
ated with the Associated Gener
al Contractors, light construction
division.
The increase makes the journey-man
rate for carpenters
$2.45 an hour, with the pay for
saw filers, power saw operators
and workers on charred material
boosted to 2.57.
The increases cover all AFL
carpenters in Oregon except
those in Klamath -Falls. Flor
ence, Reedsport, Coos Bay, Co
quille, Gold Beach and Bandon.
America's Discovery
Credited to Arabs
Johannesburg. South Africa
(U.R) Dr. M. D. Jeffreys, a lead
ing South African anthropolo
gist, said Saturday the Arabs,
not Christopher Columbus, dis
covered America.
Jeffreys based his claim on the
discovery 18 months ago. of
Negro skulls in the Rio Grande
river. He said Arabs were in the I
new world as early at 1000 B.C.
4-HCIub News
Fern Valley 4-H Club
Fern Valley 4-H club met
Thursday at the home of our
leader, Mr. Swingle.
We checked our entry blanks
for the fair.
The Forestrv Club discussed
its exhibit board and arrantre.
ments were made with Mr. Fay
tinger to take us on an overnight
camp.
The Sheen club decided to
make a tour to see members'
sheep on Wednesday, August 13,
starting at 7 p.m. at Francine
Robertson's home.
The bovs not in the Sheen club
are also invited to attend.
Refreshments were served aft
er the meeting.
Raymond Swingle, Reporter.
New Political Party Plan
Of Group's Chicago Meeting
Chicago (U.R) A group
of persons from 10 states, ex
pressing dissatisfaction with the
policies of the two major polit
ical parties, Saturday, set up a
"national committee' for a new
party and said they were aim
ing at gathering the conserva
tive vote in future campaign.
Philip Lee Eubank, San An
tonio, Tex., a member of the
committee, said a name may be
selected for the party next
week. He said that it appeared
the party would not be organ
ized sufficiently to play a major
part in the 1952 elections but
would aim at future campaigns.
For Conservatives
"It should draw a following
from conservatives in both ma
jor parties," Eubank said. He
said he was a member at the
Republican National convention
Of the pro Taft Texas group
led by Henry Zweifel.
A token campaign may be
waged this year, however, Eu
bank said. He said he believed
the group would be "quite hap
py" if Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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would be their presidential' can
didate and Sen. Harry F. Byrd
of Virginia their vice - presi
dential candidate.
Meanwhile, the national com
mittee of the group was attemp
ting to outline a declaration of
policies and to consider organi
zational matters.
Not America Firsts
Eubank said the group had
no connection with the old Am
erica First movement, and that
he did not believe that any of
the committee were prominent
America Firsters.
He said that they primarily
were persons who accuse the
two major parties of vacillation
on major issues and of stands
too far to the left on policies.
HOSPITAL BIDS
Portland (U.R) The State
Board of Higher Education said
Saturday it will open bids on the
355-bed teaching hospital for the
University of Oregon' Medical
school on August 13. Construc
tion costs are expected to be
more than $4,000,000.
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Saturday Fire Hits
Big Chehalis Plant
Chehalis, Wash. (U.R) Fire
early Saturday destroyed the
P e r m a Products Corporation
plant here with loss estimated
in excess of $750,000.
Owner John Martin said a
cleanup crew was using naphtha
lene in a cleaning process short
ly after 2 a.m. PST when a spark
apparently ignited a leaking
naphthalene line. The regular
night shift had gone off duty at
2 a.m.
Within minutes the half-block
building in Chehalis' westside
residential district was ablaze.
Dense smoke, sparks and debris
shot up hundreds of feet in the
air, lighting the countryside for
miles around.
The Chehalis and Centralia
fire departments were sum
moned but were nearly helpless
against the intense heat of the
blaze which consumed highly in
flammable stains, dry shingles
and a warehouse nearly full of
finished products. The corpora
tion processes and stains shingles
for use as siding on buildings.
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Labor Record System
For Children Changed
Portland An amendment
to record-keeping regulations
appying to children working on
farms under the fair labor stan
dards act becomes effective
Monday, it was announced yes
terday by Madison R. Smith,
field office supervisor of the
labor department's wage and
hour division in Oregon.
Farmers will now be equir
ed to record three items for wor
kers under 18 years old. They
are the name, the date of birth,
and the permanent address of
the child.
The act prohibits employ
ment of children under 16 in
agriculture during school hours.
It does not prohibit employment
of children outside school hours
and does not apply to the far
mer's own children.
Vancouver, Wash. (U.R)
Funeral services were held
here Saturday for Capt. August
Charlston, 97, retired Columbia
river steamboat skipper, who
died Thursday at Vancouver Me
morial hospital.
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Longtime Resident
Of Medford Dies
Mrs. M'ary Jane Meadows, a
resident of Medford for the past
43 yean, died Friday at a local
hospital. She had resided here
at 310 Portland avenue.
Private funeral services will
be conducted from Perl funeral
home Monday at 2 p.m. with the
Rev. W. A. Dawes, pastor of the
First Baptist church, officiating.
Interment will be in the Medford
IOOF cemetery.
Mrs. Meadows was born at
Pulaski, Va., Jan. 12, 1877. She
was married to B. W. Meadows,
who preceded her in death in
1947. Mrs. Meadows was a mem
ber of the First Baptist church of
Medford.
She is survived by five daugh
ters, Mrs. Dalton Robert, Mrs.
Virgie Hartlerode, and Mrs.
Velma McComb, all of Butte
Falls; Mrs. Roberta Rodgers, Eu
gene, and Mrs. Mintie Hill, Tal
ent, and two sons, Edgar Mea
dows, Prineville, and Lethew
Meadows, Medford, and by 15
grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
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