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i Medford Officials Attend Course In Bomb Defection A bomb detection course at the Oregon Technical institute in Klamath Falls was attended by several Jackson county and "Medford city officers on August 14 and 15, according to Col. Charles E. Stafford, civilian de fense director. The object of the course was to provide instruction in the detection of unexploded bombs and other objects dropped from the air in enemy action, so that concise and accurate reports may be made to the proper auth orities for the disposal of such objects, Col. Stafford pointed out. Emphasize Identification . He noted that special emphas is was placed on the fact that no attempt should be made by anyone except highly skilled army personnel to dispose of un exploded bombs or shells, and the entire course was based on instructing those attending how to identify the types of bombs to enable the army to send the proper equipment and trained personnel. Factors include the bombs' characteristics, measure . ments, and size of crater made by the bomb. Bombs are classified as unbur ied when the peneration in feet is less than one-half the bomb length, Col. Stafford continued, and when no part is visible, they are classed as "buried." ..-Detailed instruction was also given on how to minimize the danger of unexploded bombs to the public by such methods as encircling with sand bags, and evacuating buildings adjacent to the bomb, pending arrival of bomb disposal personnel. In regard to local danger, Col, Stafford noted, occasionally an unexploded shell is found on the old Camp White reservation and it is suggested, in order to pro tect the safety of the residents of the county, that the location of the Shell be well-marked by a flag or some other distinguish ing feature so it can be readily located again. Then immediate notification should be made to a local p'olice department, sher iffs office or the CD office. During the conference, Sgt. Clyde Fichtner, Medford police department, reported an unex ploded shell in a vacant house in Medford which was under observation. A trained army team was dispatched and the shell, a loaded one, was disposed of immediately. The instruction team from Ft. Lewis, Wash., which conducted the session, brought out the fact that an older, unexploded. shell of bomb js more sensitive to a slight jar Or movement and the slightest touch might explode it. Attending the session were Colonel Stafford, C. C. Hag gard, safety "engineer for Calif ornia Oregon Power company; Deputy Sheriff Guy Hughes, Sergeant Fichtner and Capt, James Winkler, civil air patrol TEN DISEASE CASES Ten cases of communicable disease were reported to the county health office last week, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer. They in cluded cases of German measles in Medford, Ashland and Jack sonville: a case of whooping cough in Talent; a case of dysen tery in Ashland, two cases of influenza m Medford, one of scarlet fever in Medford, and two cases of poliomyelitis, one in Central Point and one in Med ford, which were previously re ported by the department. J? time Orange-rich Real Gold tastes better! Children. ..grownups love it. Each can contains concentrated juice of 6 to 8 California juice oranges! COSTS IESS WAN ORANGl JUICE my r G7 SING FOR SHOW Three Notes and Dad, barbershop quartet, is shown above. They will furnish nostalgic music in one of the olio acts to be presented between scenes of the Footlighters sum mer show. "Only An Orphan Girl" to open tomorrow night at Jackson School. . Rumor of New Romance for Rita Has Filmland Buzzing Hollywood U.R) Movieland buzzed Tuesday with the rumor that Rita Hayworth may have her next husband picked out, and the alleged candidate, hand some singer Bob Savage, ad mitted Tuesday he's smitten with her. ' Savage, a newcomer to Holly wood torch singing circles, con fessed he met the red-haired beauty at a dinner party at pro ducer Harry Goetz' home two and a half weeks ago. Savage didn't say he dated her. But he did say he "could have hit Aly Khan over the head with a bag of diamonds" when he heard the Prince was in movietown reportedly to try to woo baftc his Princess. A friend of the film queen pre dicted she and her Prince, Aly, would patch up their broken marriage, in Europe later this year. "I met her .at a dinner party," Savage said. - "Wow!" he said. "This dame's got it." Savage is a 6-foot-3 29-year-old ex-Air Force lieutenant colo nel. He used to be a band leader until Sophie Tucker took him in hand a year ago and suggested he turn vocalist. Poor Liar Credited For Long Bachelorhood Ethel, Miss. U.R) This en tire Attala County community of 700 turned out to honor 51 years of service by 78-year-old Dr. W. W. McBryde. Bemoaning his bachelorhood, one lady asked the physician if "not having time" was the reason he never married. "No, mam," Dr. Mc Bryde replied. "I was never a good enough liar." Dead line Sunday noon Saturdays. Classifieds Is at Fooflighfers' Show Seen as Saviour Of'Oid Homestead' When the Medford Footlight ers open in their summer show, "Only An Orphan Girl," at Jack son School auditorium tomorrow night, members of the cast say they won't be acting. They'll be living their parts. The Footlight ers themselves are "orphans" right now. They've been temporarily toss ed out of their own home, the Footlighters fairgrounds theater. The "villain" in the true life drama? "Well " to quote Dick Kline, Footlighters business manager, "it is the fire marshal, who has closed down the group's own theater to productions until two extra exits can be built. This takes money. Must Clear Debt "So to clear the debt on the old homestead at the fair grounds, we've got to make mon ey on this show. So we're count ing on all the good and "right eous" people in Medford to turn out, support our show, and help us meet the demands of our "villain." The "Only An Orphan Girl" cast held its second full dress rehearsal at Jackson school last night, with an olio act rehearsal scheduled for tonight. Tickets for the production went on sale today at Pruitt's Music Center, Purucker's Piano House and Olson's Furniture Store. The curtain will rise at 8:15, said Ruth Kilbourn, direc tor of the show. PENNY BRINGS $40 New York U.R) William Mertes of Chicago handed the man four $10 bills and got a penny in "change." He paid $40 to Abe Kasoff, a Beverly Hills, Calif., coin dealer, for a rare 1907 Indian head penny at the annual meeting of the American Numismatic association here. Tuesday, August 19, 1952 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Around Hollywood Hollywood U.R) Ethel Mer man grinned Tuesday she's so happy with Hollywood she may never take her booming voice and curly bangs back to Broad way. The un disputed queen and the loud' est, too, of mu sical comedy figures that the movie version of her stage Aline Mosby hit, "Call Me Madam," may be "the beginning of a new career for me." Hollywood, which does some thing sensible now and then, im ported Miss Merman to repeat her impression of Ambassador ess Perle Mesta from her stage success. That celebrated role, she said,' may be her last trip before the footlights. "I have to wait to see how this picture comes out," she said. "If it turns out okay, there might be a deal for me here. What I'd really love to do is one picture a year." No Movie Since 1938 Miss Merman hasn't shouted on a sound stage since "Alex ander's Ragtime Band" in 1938. Since then she's started in mu sical comedies on Broadway without a break because, she frankly added, "I haven't had any movie offers and I didn't want to come out here for small parts where I just sing." . She watched her "Panama Hattie" stage .role go to Ann Sothern when it was filmed. Betty Hutton got Merman's "An nie Get Your Gun." Lucille Ball was handed the celluloid role in "Dubarry Was a Lady." First and Only Choice But Ethel Merman was first and only choice for the movie, "Call Me Madam." And it's fun, she said, after "monotonous" stage musicals. "I'm getting lazy," she said. "You try to put freshness into the show every night, but it be- By ALINE MOSBT United Pre Correspondent comes mechanical. I'd find my self thinking of a thousand things while I was singing. I'd be thinking, well-, I'd better take my son to get some shoes tomor row, and my daughter needs some, too. Suddenly, I'd be through with the song and I'd thmk, now what do I do next? Something New Daily "In movies it's something new every day. The hours are hard, yes. But after this picture I can go to Palm Beach. "I have two children and I'd like to have a little time for my self. I'm not doing a stage show in 1953, and maybe never, if this movie works out. I'm tired of doing eight performances a week." Twentieth Century-Fox studio is keeping "Call Me Madam" vir tually intact in its switch to cel luloid, she added. She'll get to keep her "punch line," towering bangs and wide cupid's bow mouth, too. "They told me I could sing just as loud as I do on the stage," she said. Canadians Switch To Well-Chilled Beer Omaha, Neb. (U.R) Canadi ans have veered from the Eng lish custom of drinking warm beer to the American taste for a well-chilled brew. For that you have authority of Maj. Francis N. Ward, Tor onto, president of the Master Brewers' Association of Amer ica. Ward" told an Omaha audience that Canadians apparently pre fer their beer cold, as Americans do, instead of the British taste for warm, watery ale. Other incidental information from Ward the average Cana dian drinks 13.5 gallons of the ember brew a year, compared to only 12.5 for his American cousin. Bakers of HOLSUM Bread URGE YOU TO ATTEND THE Annual U4 P A HP IFMIIE (EHEdDlUKnEiS LIVESTOCK O POULTRY O CROPS O HOME ECONOMICS A Grand Parade of 4-H FFA Achievements i Published in Cooperation with Jackson County 4-H Clubs and Future . Farmers of America, and the Fair sponsors, the Medford Rotary club, by BAKERS OF THAT TASTE-DELIGHT ESolsum BREAD Whiskeytown Proper, Government Certain Whiskeytown andor Schill ing, Calif. (U.R) The members of the women's improvement league . of this small mountain community have convinced the federal government that "Whis keytown" is a perfectly proper name. v For years government maps have identified the town by the last name of the postmaster. Re cent postmarks have been "Schilling, Calif." The U.S. postmaster general granted a petition to allow offi cial use of the name "Whiskey town" long used locally. A celebration has been plan ned. Some of the rugged towns folk promised to Justify th town's name. . ALWAYS ANONYMOUS Detroit U.R) The last resort of many alcoholics is the first re sort of many users of the Detroit telephone directory. The first listing In the directory is a cryp tic AA which stands for Alco holics Anonymous. SQUIRREL LIVES HIGH Mt. Washington, N. H.-j(U.R) The Mount Washington hotel has a non-paying guest who haa breakfast in bed, free cigarettes (which he likes) and a private bed. The guest is Pete the Squirrel. 117 S. CENTRAL PHONE 2-6241 PRICES CUT RUGGED RIVERSIDES FOR SAFER HOLIDAY DRIVING 10.95.oo,4 12.55 Plus Fed. 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