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MISSINa TWO DAYS, four Richmond, Vs., boys are found dead In old Ice box In abandoned
building. The lads apparently were playing when door closed, trapping them In box Victims are
. twins Woodrow and Wilson Blackstock, 7, their younger brother, George. 5 and Walter Boykin,
f. Photo was made Immediately after gruesome discovery was made. (International Soundptwto)
Refrigerator Door Locks Taking Heavy
Toll of Children Lives, Spokesman States
Washington (U.R) -- A
I spokesman for the refrigeration
: Industry warned Saturday that
j abandoned refrigerators will
take a heavy toll of child lives
' In the next several years unless
certain simple preventive meth
jods are universally adopted,
t The spokesman, President C.
j W. Phillips of the Refrigeration
: Trade Association, said this dan-
j ger will become steadily great-
; er for at least five years even if
; every refrigerator maker start-
ed using trap-proof latches to-
. morrow.
' Educational Program
. Phillips has called a meeting
i of industry representatives here
' Tuesday night at which to dis
cuss safety latches and at the
same time launch a public edu
cational program to prevent the
tragedies he said are otherwise
almost bound to occur.
Public attention has been
riveted on the refrigeration
- menace this week by 11 child
deaths in three states over a
' period of a day and a half. But
Phillips said the industry has
been aware of the problem for
many years. In the past five
years, according to newspaper
records alone, more than 100
children have suffocated in lock
ed refrigerators, he said.
Engineers have exhaustively
- studied the latch problem, Phil
lips said, and have concluded
that the most feasible solution,
one which would not add great-
ly to a refrigerator's cost or in-
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terfere- with its functioning.
would be a device that must be
set or turned by hand before
the door can lock.
Self-Locking Doors
The villain in the great ma
jority of cases, he said, has been
the door that locks when it
slams shut.
For engineering and physo
logical reasons, Phillips said, a
door that could be opened from
the inside by pressure or by a
built-in safety device would not
be feasible. '
But whatever kind of safety
latch the industry comes up
with, the great menace for
years will remain the discard
ed refrigerator, according to
Phillips.
The sales history of refrigera
tors indicates, he explained, that
a great number of machines
with slam-latch doors will be
thrown away in the next five
years or more before the dis
card rate levels off,
The aim of the educational
program which the industry
hopes to launch will be to per
suade every householder who
discards a refrigerator to do one
or two things: Remove the
latch or take off the door
hinges,
Public Land Counties
Officials Leave Salem
After Annual Meeting
JACKSONVILLE
LUMBER CO.
101 S. 4th Jacksonville
- FHONE 9-8271 .
Salem (U.R) County offic
ials here for a meeting of (the In
terstate Association of Public
Land Counties left for a motpr
tour of the Oregon coast Satur
day after re-electing Lester Cof
fin of Susanville, Calif., presi
dent and tentatively selecting
Las Vegas, Nev., as the scene for
the next meeting, Dec. 5.
Contribution Valid
At Friday afternoon's final
business session, Forrest Cooper,
counsel for the association, said
the legality of the Oregon con
tribution from county funds to
support the association had been
tested and found valid in the
Oregon Supreme Court. His
statement came after an editorial
in the Bend Bulletin by Robert
W. Sawyer questioning the legal
ity of the Interstate association.
The Supreme Court was closed
Saturday, but observers here ex
pressed belief the decision must
have concerned the legality of
contributions to the Oregon as
sociation rather than the Inter
state association
Cooper said a bill introduced
in Congress was similar to one
drawn up by the stockmen. For
mer Gov. Charles A. Sprague in
his column "It Seems to Me" to
day said "Cooper endeavored to
link President Eisenhower to the
stockmen's bill by a rather cir
cuitous route.
Cites Message
Citing the President's general
message on resource conserva
tion of July 30th and then the
bill S 2548 Introduced by Sen
ator Aiken dealing with grazing
in national forests. Cooper gave
the imnression that this Aiken
bill was very similar to the D'-
fcwart bill, and that it followed
out the Eisenhower recommend
ations; and he quoted Senator
Barrett, the Wyoming 'Abraham'
as praising the Aiken bill.
"The facts are that Aiken in
troduced two bills on Aug. 1.
One was S 2548 which in the
brief time I have had for ex
amining it seems quite different
irom the D'Ewart bill. The
other, S 2549, dealt with co
operation between the federal
government and local agencies
on matters of soil conservation
and flood prevention.
Commends Aiken
It was the latter bill which
Sen. Barrett referred to in his
remarks save at the conclusion
he remarked: 'I want to com
mend the distinguished apnatnr
from Vermont for proposing both
of the bills.' Barrett gave no in
timation that he would support
the Aiken version of a bill cov
ering forest grazing permits."
Others had criticized the as
sociation for taking a stand in
what they said was not the con
cern of counties. For instance,
Fred Schneider of Colorado
spoke at some length on the al
location of waters from the Col
orado, Rio Grande and Platte
rivers. It was pointed out that
this is a matter of concern on
the state, and not the county,
level.
Propose Commission
Jim Stearns of Modoc county,
Calif., said the Northern Cali
fornia Association of Public
Land Counties plans to propose
that a commission of three be
created to study all lands held
by the federal government, out
aide of national parka and for
ests, to determine whether they
should be retained as public
lands or diverted to private use,
Two of the commissioners
would be appointed by the presi
dent and one by the governor
of California. He said counties
are having a hard time financing
their governments because so
much land has been acquired by
the federal government and is
off the tax rolls.
F. L. Phipps of The Dalles is
executive secretary of the Ore
gon association, which was host
for the Salem meet.
WRONG SEASON
San Francisco (U.R) The
thief who stole $800 worth of
sporting goods samples from
salesman Clyde Warden's car
must be gnashing his teeth to
day. Warden said the stolen
goods consisted of 20 ice skates,
six ski boots, and four swim
fins all for the left foot.
marineIn" NURSERY
Storrs, Conn. U.R) A for
mer combat Marine, Paul S.
Riley, has another rugged as
signment. He's ben appointed to
the University of Connecticut's
home economics staff as head of
the nursery school. The univer
sity explained a man was given
the job to show that child guid
ance isn't solely women's work.
On Tho Side BYE.v. burun
(DtalriketeJ Mr KiM Featares Sreeferte, U.)
original trade to rise to
That's what I said, nam
Wait? m mart, aor dsk.
- run.
Sorrow calls no timt that's gone:
Vlolsta 1 neked tho swtotost ralm
Makes a at fresh aor (raw acain;
Trim Oir locks, look choarfally;
Fatat hMdam eyes eaaaot sea;
Joy as winced dreams tly fast.
Why ahonld sadness loneer Ustf
Beaamoat aad Fletcher.
(Above was written' over 350
years ago. so you see, ine sug
gestion thai a woman who feels
blue gets a new hairdo to cheer
her is not exactly a recent idea).
Vegetarian writers continue to
refer to those who do not agree
with their diet ideas as "flesh
eaters." The trouble with most
vegetarians is that they are in
tolerant. They are not satisfied
to outline what they believe the
benefits or their meatless diet
to be. They have to get nasty
about it. Incidentally, the great
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Ste
fansson lived for several years
on a diet of meat. He grew
healthy eating nothing but meat
No vegetables whatsoever. This
accomplishment baffled the car;
rot nibblers. Drove them wild.
They had no explanation for it
It was Dryden who observed,
"beware of the fury of a patient
man." For years, the turf enthu
siasts of New York City have
patiently endured the outrageous
conditions prevailing at the anti
quated Jamaica and Aqueduct
race tracks. Now they have re
belled. Thousands of New York
turf fans have been traveling
far out to New Jersey daily to
patronize the superbly managed
Monmouth Park race track,
where consideration for the com
fort of the customers prevails.
Even though you haven't the
slightest interest in horse racing,
I feel certain you will find a
revolt against bad service and
shabby treatment of customers
most refreshing. Let's have more
such rebellions in other lines.
Mules and Men
To hand is a communication
from a subscriber who resents
my criticism of men who wear
fency colored shirts hanging out
side their trousers. He says he
likes to wear his shirts that way
and suggests that I stop picking
on him and others who affect
the style. My criticism is intend
ed to be constructive. I do not
propose to abandon it. Wearing
a shirt outside of trousers makes
a man look sloppy. Reason many
men g for the style is because
it makes a "corporation" or
bulge in the middle less promi
nent If these fellows, who are
so fat in the middle, wore their
shirts properly, perhaps they
would do something about re
ducing their "corporations."
Record
Californian says she has had
six children all by Caesarean sec
tion births. Asks if it is a record.
It is very unusual but not the
record. It was recently reported
that a Mrs. Joseph L. McAndrew
has 10 children, all born by Cae
sarean sect f on. All single births.
Waiting
Unless very recently picked
up, there is by the side of United
States Highway Number 91 near
Cedar City, Utah, a cocker
spaniel apparently waiting for
the return of his folks. When
strangers approach, this dog runs
away only to return later to re
sume his watchful waiting. He
tias been there four months. Un
less his folks come to get him he
probably will stay there by the
side of the road until he dies.
Do you know anybody who has
lost a cocker spaniel on an auto
mobile trip.
Barbers
Barbers rarely abandon their
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fame.
naming -as
two exceptions "Wahoo Sam"
Crawford, the major league ball
player and Perry Como, the
crooner. It is now called to my
attention that Clyde Herring,
originally a Sioux City, la., bar
ber, 'became a highly successful
automobile dealer, after which
he entered politics and became
Governor of Iowa. -
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Didn't
you say that "Texas" Guinan had
six brothers, who were, or are,
all Catholic priests? A. No, sir.
I said Miss Guinan had six uncles
who were Catholic priests. As
far as I know, she had only one
brother, Tommy Guinan, who
was a night, club operator. Q.
If and when those gallant and
noble animals, Tom Fool and
Native Dancer, meet in a race,
who will be the winner? A. 1 like
Native Dancer. Q. What does the
"V" in your name stand for? A.
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United States industry annual
ly spends more than $2 billion
and employs some 235,000 peo
ple in scientific research pro
grams, reports the National Geo
graphic Society. Last year, half
the money was spent under Gov
ernment contract, and 55 per
cent was devoted to three major
fields electrical, chemical, and
aircraft.
Dead line on Classified Ads: 5:30
p.m. for following day: 10 a.m. Mon
day; noon Saturday for Sunday a.m.
Sunday' August It, XU3
MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRTBTJITg THIRTEEW
Famous Novelist
Gouveneour Morris
Dies in New Mexico
Gallup, N. M. U.R3 Funeral
arrangements were pending Sat
urday for Gouveneour Morris,
77, noted novelist and great
grandson of one of the Cramers
of the United States Constitu
tion. Morris died here Friday
after a heart attack.
The former Monterey, Calif.,
bank president was stricken
Thursday night at his home near
Coolidge, in the western New
Mexico Navajo country.
Lived At Ranch
Since moving from California
14 years ago, he had lived at the
ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Newcomb. '
Morris is a descendant of Gou
veneour Morris, a general in the
Revolutionary War and one of
the men who wrote the nation's
Constitution.
Among his better known nov
els were "Tiger Island," "We
Three," 'Tom Beauling," and
"Pagan's Progress," although be
wrote many others.
Scene of Inquiry
Morris' home in Manhattan
Beach, Calif., was the center of
a criminal investigation in 1936
when Reid Russell, a close
friend of his second wife, was
found shot to death on the front
porch. Although a verdict of sui
cide was delivered in the case,
County Pays Out $60
Jackson county paid $80 in
bounty money for 15 skins
checked at the county clerk's of
fice during June and 'July, ac
cording to records. .
Included in "the total skins
brought in during the two-month
period, were eight coyotes and
it was reopened for investigation
twice before the couple moved
to New Mexico.
For Animal Bounties
seven bobcats. Hunters are paid
$5 for each coyote hide and $2.50
for a bobcat
Up to Friday of this month,
one coyote and two bobcat skins
were brought in for a total of
$10.
The U.S. mint began making
coins for foreign governments in
January 1874. The first custom
er was Venezuela.
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