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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.
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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.
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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.
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