EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON MAIL TRIBUNE '
Friday. November 19. 1954
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NEW CADILLACS ON DISPLAY The 1955 model Cadillacs will be shown for the first time
tomorrow. The Series 62 four-door sedan shown in the top picture will be shown at Skinner's
Garage, 143 South Riverside ave. The lower picture shows the Eldorado convertible sports
coupe, powered by a 270-horsepower V-8 engine.
On The Side
By E. V. Durling
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.)
Women are repeatedly accused
of being nonstop talkers. The
ladies do converse considerably
but that is only at all female
gatherings. When with, men, the
women hardly ever get a chance
to get a word in edgewise. They
have to listen. Recently. I travel
ed on a nonstop plane from coast
to coast. In a nearby seat were
a man and woman, - evidently
husband and wife. The woman
hardly had a chance to say a half
dozen words in eight hours! The
man talked on and on. And then
on some more. v
Bookshops
Stupidity continues to prevail
in many bookshops. A man I
know seeking a certain book was
told in a Fifth Avenue bookshop
it was "out of print." My friend
asked where he could get it. The
clerk answered, "I am sure 1
haven't the slightest idea." I am
no book sales expert but I told
the man twelve places where he
might get the book. Incidentally,
if seeking an out of print book
write the following organiza
' tions: The Fourth Avenue Book
sellers, the Seven Book Hunters
and the Antiquarian Bookshhop,
all of New York City. They
never give up trying to get a cus
tomer -an out of print book.
Over There
A foreigner visiting England
can, for the . payment of the
equivalent of about one dollar a
week, receive free medical, hos
pital, dental and eye treatment.
That is, he can enjoy same priv
leges as British citizens do under
their national health plan. Many
people from European countries
are reported taking advantage
of this. They travel from their
native land to Britain, pay the
one dollar fee and then get free
treatment. Many have their teeth
fixed. Others get free eye treat
ment, including free spectacles.
Small Fellows -
"Only a woman understands a
woman's ills." That was once the
slogan of Lydia Pinkham, cele
brated purveyor of patent medi
cines. "Only a small man under
stands a small man's problems,"
might be a good slogan for the
Moskovitz brothers, clothing
store operators in San Francisco.
All three of these brothers are
under 5 feet 5. They specialize
in attire for the short fellows.
Page Boys .-;
Vocal paging in hotel lobbies
should be abandoned. It, is old
fashioned. Also very irritating to
some people. Why not an illumi
nated board on which the name
of the man being paged could be
flashed? Or have you a better
idea for silent paging?
Asides
. It was Bruce Barton who ob
served: "Conceit is God's gift
to little minds' . . . The teams
that pioneered professional foot
ball are never mentioned any
more. Canton, Ohio, vs. Massi
lon, Ohio, was once the great an
nual classic of professional foot
ball . . Note news item about
man who received twenty traffic
violation tickets in eighteen
months and ignored them alL
OWL FISHING
Indiana, Pa. KU.R) Richard
Simpson of Smicksburg nearly
caught an owl when he went
night fishing recently on Little
Mahoning Creek. He had just
made a cast . when the owl
swooped out of the darkness,
grabbed the plug and took off
for the tree. Simpson found the
plug among some rocks nearby
where the owl had dropped at.
Have only been two traffic
tickets in our family in twenty
years and we couldn't get down
town to settle" them quick enough
the next day.
Dancing "
Why do women wear long
evening gowns to dancing par
ties? Isn't the short gown more
practical for tripping the light
fantastic. Then consider the
threat of the long gown to the
lady's partner. He is afraid he,
may step on it. Why, sir, if a man
stepped on a Dior evening gown
and ripped it, the wearer might
kill him. And any all-woman
jury Would probably vote it justi
fiable homicide. It could be that
the woman who wear long gowns
do not have the streamlined
limbs so necessary for a short
gown. But let's not go into that
at this time.
Passing By
Mickey Walker. That great
ringman of the yesteryear so
aptly referred to as "The Toy
Bulldog." Mickey is one of my
favorites among all the traders
in fisticuffs I viewed. Others are
Harry Greb, Jack Dempsey,
Jimmy McLarin, Maxie Rosen
bloom and Harry Blitman. . -
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Changes Featured
In 1955 Cadillac
The 1955 Cadillacs, which will
go on display Saturday at Skin
ner's Garage, 143 South River
side ave., feature changes over
current models in styling, en
gineering and color.
There are 19 new colors, which
provide for a wide range of color
combinations in two-tone styles.
There are available also many
new upholstery and trim options
in the various models in the
three series offered ,this year.
One of them, the "glamour" trim,
features metallic thread com
bined with grain leather.
Greatest Change
The Eldorado convertible
shows the greatest styling
change, with visible evidence of
influence by jet and rocket type
aircraft. The grille is capped by
a wider, lower hood, and the
lines move back and the high
fin and jet exhaust character
istics. Among the engineering changes
in the 1955 models are the 250
horsepower V-8 engine, power
steering, Hydra-Matic transmis
sion and automatic windshield
washer and coordinator, all as
standard equipment.
Tubeless tires are also stand
ard on all models.
Optional equipment available
includes power brakes, air condi
tioning, radio, heater and de
froster, tinted glass, electric-eye
lowering of light beams, power
window lifts and other luxury
items.
Editor's- note: The U.S. toy Indus
try will see its sales so over the
billion-dollar mark this year for - the
first time in history. This is the sec
ond in a three-part series on the con
tents of Santa's jam-packed toy bag.
By DEAN C. MILLER ,
United Press Correspondent
New York U.R) Atomic age
or no atomic age, junior is ask
ing this Christmas for basically
the same toys his dad used to
get from Santa.
That means cowboy suits . . .
bikes . . . wagons . . . the ever
popular electric train.
Toy manufacturers, who are
chalking up their first billion
dollar year with record Christ
mas sales, report that space suits
and other "science fiction" toys
have a ' pertain drawing power
but the tastes of American boys
are a little old-fashioned, if not
downright reactionary.
."It may surprise people to
know that steam locomotives
outsell diesels four to one in
electric trains," said C. E. Hjelte
of Louis Marx & Co., the world's
fargest toymaker. "Freight cars
move faster sell faster, that is
than stream-lined passenger
cars. The kids want a train to
haul something, like a real train
does."
Child psychologists and edu
cators agree that today's boy
like his father is more interest
ed in "play value" and "partici-
Textbook Board
Will Give Schools
Multiple Choice
Salem U.R) The State Board
o f Textbook Commissioners,
which met here this week, adopt
ed a multiple selection of text
books for use in the public
schools of Oregon in the teach
ing of art, home-makmg, music,
social studies, biology, physics
and physical science. The adop
tion is for a six-year period be
ginning July 1, 1955.
Local school districts will se
Iect from the multiple list of
state adopted textbooks.
Recommendations Considered
, In selecting the textbooks, the
commissioners considered recom
mendations of regional teacher
evaluation committees and lay
individuals: and grpups which at
the invitation of the board ex
amined textbooks being submit
ted for adoption. An analysis of
the recommendations made by
32 regional evaluation commit
tees made up of more than 200
teachers, and the books adonted
by the commission, indicates that
su per cent of the texts receiv
ing first place recommendations
by the committees were adopted
by the commission. A total of
Z13 first choices were adopted;
24 first choices were not adonterl.
Lay comment on the two most
criticized books raneed frnm
eight and one-half pages of single
spaced typewritten copy to a one-
wora comment "Nuts."
Among the groups represented
were tne Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, The Urban
League of Portland, The Oregon
Federation of Labor (AFL), The
International Woodworkers of
America (CIO), The Fair Employ
ment Practices Division of the
State Bureau of Labor, The Eu
gene Parents Council, The Ore
gon Parents Conference, Port
land, and Eugene Coldwell, vice
president of the Hyster Com
pany, Portland.
Biggest Demand for Children's
Toys Varies Little Over the Years
VA Medical Officer
Visits Camp White
Camp White Dr. A. B. C
Knudson, director of physical
medicine and rehabilitation at
the Veterans Administration cen
tral office, visited the station
Wednesday and conferred with
Dr. C. K. Todd, chief medical of
ficer, regarding the problem of
rehabilitation here.
Dr. Knudson discussed details
with Dr. Samuel D. Earhart, in
charge of physical medicine at
the domiciliary, and with Herb
ert Daniels, social sercive chief,
who is assisting in the classifica
tion work..
Dead Una for Sunday Classified Is
at noon Saturday.
Liquor Commissioner
Hearing Postponed
Salem (U.R) A civil service
hearing for Thomas J. Sheridan,
suspended as assistant adminis
trator for the Oregon Liquir
Control Commission, has been
postponed at his request. Sher
idan, charged with accepting
funds from a distillery represen
tative, asked, for the postpone
ment because, he said, his coun
sel was out of town. No date has
yet been set as a new time for
the hearing.
48 AT 90 ';
Grand Rapids, Mich.-' (U.R)
Harley H. Lyons, who recently
observed his 90th birthday.
works at 48-hour week at a local
service station.' Lyons says he
doesn't plan to retire until he's
100 years old.
Washington U.R) The Fed
eral Communications Commis
sion said Southern Oregon
Broadcasting Co., Roseburg,
Ore., has applied for a channel
four television construction
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BOY SCOUTS
Pack 2
Pack 2 is having a Pack meet
ing at the Lincoln school gym
Friday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m
All parents of cub 'scouts and
friends are invited.
Earl W. Rawlings,
Pack Committeeman
Troop 8
Troop 8 held the regular meet
ing November 16. Some of he
boys went to the Cub Pack 6
meeting to graduate a boy into
Troop 8. We will have a board
of review Tuesday, Nov. 23 and
a court oi honor wov. so. f
, Delbert Harvey,
Scribe.
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pation" in his toys than in time
liness. The A. C. Gilbert Co.
learned this the hard way three
years ago. '
Gilbert came -out with a . so-
called atomic bomb kit, com
plete with Geiger counter and
radioactive "uranium particles.
The boys turned up their noses.
It was too far-fetched, and , be
sides, it wouldn't blow up any
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So Gilbert went back to con
centrating on such sure-fire
items as trains that haul tiny
milk cans.
Participating toys, the do-it-
yourself or -do-something with-it
line, are selling better than ever
this year. Kits for assembling
model automobiles, ships and
airplanes some only slightly
smaller than the living room-
will, be under many trees on
Christmas morning. A snappy
model 'Jaguar has 53 parts to as
semble. One tractor has 47 re
movable parts. There is a toy
bulldozer that actually moves
dirt. - . ;
Flying Helicopters
Helicopters that rise 40 to 50
feet in the air will be buzzing
many a neighborhood on Christ
mas day. While this is basically
an "outdoor toy" the manufact
urer has equipped it -with a
suction cap so it will stick to
the ceiling for a rainy-day pas
time, i
Movies and comic strips with
medieval characters have result
ed in a spate of King Arthur
breast-plates, visored helmets
and decorated shields,- and scab
bards that hold collapsible "Ex
caliburs." The knight-in-armour
equipment is out-selling space
suits and ray guns two-to-one.
Even the old magic lantern is
enjoying a new round of popu
larity. The "Viewmaster," a
best-seller at Christmas provides
three-dimensional slides J. rom a
catalog of 500 subjects ranging
from Bible stories to Roy Rogers.
In all toys junior is demand
ing realism, according to market
experts. He is quick to recog
nize shabby imitations. His ele
phant gun must have a real tele.
scope sight and not just a blob
of plastic at the tip of the bar
ren. His model car must re
semble ' the real thing down to
the hubcaps. .'
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than we were as kids," One man
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