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Medford Men Retu rn
From Safety Session
Two' Medford men, Vernon
Thorpe, traffic engineer a n
city director of public works,
and Claude Haggard, safety di
rector for the California Oregon
Power company, recently re-
, turned from the National Safety
, council convantion-in Chicago,
! Haggard presented his well
known demonstration on low
, voltage electricty. Thorpe was
the delegate from the Medford
Safety council. His trip was
: : sponsored jointly by the council
the Medford Xiwanis club, and
the city of Medford.
. ' Report On Radar
;v Thorpe reported that one sec
tion was devoted to discussions
of the use of radar as a-speed
, control device. It-is gaining in
popularity and effectiveness, he
said, and the public seems to
have more confidence in it than
in older methods of speed con-
: ;trol,
, A section on driver education
concluded that driving schools
are needed throughout the na
tion. It was pointed out that
'. the national loss caused by traf
fic accidents amounts to some
- $4,300,000,000 annually. While
driver 1 training is becoming
more widespread, it is not keep
ing pace with the increased use
of motor vehicles, Thorpe re
ported, and he said that invest!'
gations show that of the 71,000,-
ideons'Autumn
Rally Affracfs
jOver 100 Persons
The annual , autumn rally of
, the Rogue Valley camp of the
Gideons was held at the Jack
son hotel last week with more
' than 100 .members, Auxiliary
' members, visiting ministers and
' guests In attendance.
' State officers attending were
Introduced by Hugh High, presi
dent of the local camp, including
William McCallum, president of
the state organization, who
- brought greetings and reported
; on the Gideons' statewide activl
'. ties.
; : '. Volunteers Needed
' John Bollinger, Salem, state
chaplain, was the main speaker,
and discussed .the urgent need
lor volunteers to carry on the
Gideons work in placing 'Bibles
and testaments in hotels, motels,
penal institutions, hospitals and
other public places. He said this
is a challenge for every Gideon
, and every church, and he em
phasized that the need is world
wide, particularly in such places
s Russia, India, China, Japan and
. others, v
( The Bible secretary reported
tnat some 28,000,000 Bibles and
' testaments have been placed in
public places since the first 25
were placed in a Montana hotel
66 years ago. In Jackson and
Josephine counties, 26,118 Bibles
and testaments have been dis
tributed in the past eight years
ai a cost of ?u,578.57.
Visit Churches
I,ast Sunday, 11 teams of
Gideons visited various churches
speaking to congregations at the
throughout the Rogue valley.
morning services, and reporting
on the Gideon ministry. The
Teams gathered for luncheon,
and brought back reports on
"wnicn plans for a more cxten
sive program can be based.
000 motor vehicle operators now
in the nation, some 15,000,000
would be denied licenses if re
examined. '
New Signs '
Thorpe also attended a section
of traffic engineering, and said
the use of standard traffic signs
is growing. Some cities have
adopted "Yield Right Of Way"
signs, rather than "Stop" siens,
These do not require a vehicle
to stop unless another vehicle
is approaching. Oregon's motor
code would have to be amended
before such signs could be used
here, Thorpe said.
In a, section . on pedestrian
traffic, one speaker blamed the
parents of school children for
training them in improper safety
habits. . v.
Josephine county was present
ed a national award for improve
ment in home safety, .and Hag
gard accepted the award on be
half of the county, ...
Englishwoman III
Here; Blood Gilts
Follow Requests
Miss Jean Thompson, 22, who
arrived in Medford from Eng
land about three weeks ago, is
in critical condition at Ashland
General hospital, where she un
derwent surgery last week, ac
cording to her sister, Mrs. Harold
Ross, Hartley lane.
Miss Thompson had not been
ill and had arrived here for a
six-month visit.- Mrs. Ross has
been in this country for 8V4
years. Ross was serving with
the 8th Air Force in England
during World War II when they
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Many Blood Transfusions
Miss Thompson, required num
erous transfusions of blood dur
ing the two times she had surg
ery and because her type is O
negative the suddIv was not
easily obtainable. A call was
made through the Ashland Tid
ings and the radio station there
with the result that the hosDital
averaged a teleDhone call
three minutes following the ap
peal, m me present no more
donors are needed.
Her parents have been noti
fied of her critical condition but
it is not certain whether they
will be able to make the trip to
this country to be with their
daughter.
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CONVICTED AND ACQUIT
TED Actress Lynn Baggett
Is shown in Los Angeles court
immediately after hearing
jury convict her of hit-run in
ihe death of a 9-year-old boy.
She was acquitted of man
slaughter charges in connec
tion with the traffic death.
BUSY MOTHER
Indianapolis. Miss. -(IIP) A
five-year-old cow owned by W.
C, Burnley has given birth to
seven calves. The cow has had
three seta of twins and a single
Baldock Directed
To Make Available
Letters About Span
: Portland U,R) The State
Highway Commission Friday di
rected Engineer R. H. Baldock
to make available to shipping
interests correspondence be
tween himself and Army en.
gineers on the planned new inter
state bridge over the Columbia
river. .
Baldock read" the commission
correspondence over the continu
ing controversy about navigation
features of the new bridge be
tween Portland and Vancouver,
Wash. Engineers advised him
that any request for more
changes would have to originate
with groups using the river.
Exercise Control .
Army engineers' exercise the
federal government's control of
navigable streams.
Baldock raised the question
of making the present Interstate
oriage coniorm in appearance
with the new one which would
have a center span of about 630
feet with a vehicle clearance
much higher than the present
bridge. He estimated a saving
of some $250,000 might be real
ized oy making changes in the
present bridge at the same time
the new one was being let for
contract.
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