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TWO MEDFORD (OREGOfc) Corvall is. Salem U.R) --Corvallis and Pendleton lead Oregon cities in percentage of convictions stem ing from arrests for. driving while -intoxicated, according to reports of the' National Safety Council's committee on tests for intoxication.; , .. Both cities batted 1,000 in con victions for the period studied. Twenty-two drivers in Corval- lis were given chemical tests for intoxication, all of whom were arrested and convicted. Three other persons arrested for whom no 'chemical tests were given were also convicted. 14 In Pendleton In PendletOn,; 14 drivers who received chemical tests were convicted.: Thirty-nine drivers were arrested and convicted without chemical tests. Eugene Woman Finds New Hope Son Still Alive ' Eugene (U.R) Yesterday's announcement by Red China of the sentencing 13 Americans to prison terms for "espionage" has brought new hope to a Eugene, - Ore., woman whose son was re ' miecincr in tht Spa nf Japan nearly two years ago. Mrs. . Myrtle E. Snoddy said her son, Robert Charles Snoddy, ' disappeared Nov. 26, 1952, while . piloting a Civil Air Transport plane from . Korea to Miho, Japan. - Broadcast Renews Hopes I- The Eugene woman said her . hopes for her son's safety were renewed by accounts of the Red China radio broadcast, which list ed among the 13 Americans two men who were passengers on Snoddy's plane." The men were John Thomas Downey, 24, NewBraitin, Conn., and Richard George Fecteau, 27, formerly of Lynn, Mass. Peiping Radio reported the rrien prisonment and 20 years for be ing "special agents of the Central i All kCUlg611Vv f5X.lVJ S : espionage organization." "When I saw that Robert's two passengers were still alive it made me wonder if he was alive," Mrs. Snoddy said. Hopes for Information " Mrs. Snoddy said she hoped to learn more about how Downey tnd Fecteau were captured by the Reds and. thus uncover in formation; about the disappear ance of her son's C-47. ' " tapt. Snoddy's . wife, Myrtle, . ana meir young sv , live ai nose burg, Ore. Snoddy was a Navy pilot in the Southwest Pacific in World War II. - Chrome and stain less steel will not chip, crack er peel lasts a lifetime. 10 Recipe-Tested Speeds " Automatic ' Beater Release -" ' ' ' ' . -- - ' Governor-controlled Motor - Magic-Mix Arm -and Bowl Indicator Grinder of No Extra Cost. Chrome-nickel Beaters. Detachable Head 'for Portable Mixing. USE OUR CHRISTMAS LAY-AWAY PLAN ' Free Parking ; Free Delivery OPEN WEDNESDAY EVENINGS TILL 9 Top Medford ft m.' mm! MAIL TRIBUNE Pendleton Sentences; 55 .Four other Oregon cities took part in the 1953 study. ; Portland reported 214 arrests for driving while drunk as result of chemical tests, and, at .least 48 per cent of those arrestee: were convicted, preliminary re ports indicated.: - . - Albany" tested 15 drivers, 14 of whom were arrested and 12 convicted. - Medford Convicts SS Astoria'.tested 12 drivers, all of whom were arrested and con victed. Driving while intoxicated arrests made without benefit of chemical tests totaled 31 and 30 were convicted. Medford arrested ' 55 drivers after giving blood tests and all '55 were convicted. Three of five drivers .without chemical tests were convicted. The committee noted a 26 per cent increase dur ing 1953 in . number of cities using some form of chemical testing for intoxication. Fog Gels Blame In Car Accidents Three county vehicle acci dents, were reported yesterday and early today. State police said that at least two of them occurred because of foggy con ditions. A car driven by Mary Ann Hill, Canoga Park, Calif., was struck from the rear by a car driven by Robert M. Yocom, 57, route 3, box 86B, Medford, at about 3:15 a.m. today, police said. The first car was going slowly in the fog, trying to find signposts to show the driver where she was. The other car was going about 20 miles per hour, officers, were told. The ac cident resulted in considerable damage to both cars, but no in juries were reported. Neither driver was cited.' ' . A car .driven by Laurel Elmer Crause, 32, went off Barnett rd. near radio station KYJC at about 2 o'clock this morning, when the driver lost sight of the road in the fog, police said. He suffered minor cuts and bruises, and the car was slightly - dam aged. ' . - ; Yesterday morning, cars driv en' by Cecil "V7 Searey, route 1. box 434B. Medford. and Myrtle C. Herman, route 1, box 316, Talent, collided at the intersec tion of Pioneer and Colver rds. Phoenix police Chief Jim Perry reported to state police. Minor damage resulted and there were no injuries, Perry said. STREET NAME CHANGED Los Angeles. r (U.PJ W Resi dents of nearby Playadel Rey won approval of the Los An geles City Council today to change the name of Moscow street to Sandpiper street for "obvious reasons." Convicts the newlKrjSTiffi SI Come inloday and inspect this uormtyer America $ leader in $1.00 DOWN -CONVENIENT BUDGET TERMS! mINQGgPQQG (3o 1 SPECIALIST III MEDFORD Wednesday November 24, 1 954 Prospect People Praised for Work; No new cases of infectious hepatitis have been reported in the Prospect area for the past several months, it was reported today by Dr. A. E. Merkelr.coun ty health officer. ; --"It-now appears, that through the cooperation' of the people in the "community of Prospect, the disease, which was reaching epi demic proportions, has been halted," he stated. ..: However, there have been 21 new cases re ported, from other areas of the county, more recently. Arti Residents Praised The county health department and officers of the Jackson Coun ty Health association voiced ap preciation and admiration for the manner in which the citizens of Prospect and surrounding com munities cooperated and initiat ed measures - to prevent the spread of the disease. Dr. Merkel explained that about a year ago a number of cases of this disease, which is highly infectious and which at tacks the liver, began to be re ported from Prospect. The State Board of Health reported that the number of cases throughout the state had risen 04 per cent and suggested measures for its control. Most of these control measures coverea sanitary con-j ditions. Program Launched The matter was brought to the attention of the public health as sociation during a study of health problems in the county, Through the volunteers ' of this organization, an educational pro gram was launched Residents of Prospect . held a well-attended open meeting to discuss methods of control and voluntarily agreed not to hold public gatherings at which food vas served until all danger was over, xney also 'agreed to take necessary sanitary measures, stressing extra precaution in cleanliness. Through-the efforts of the. citi zens of .Prospect, tins is now probably one of the safest places in the county so far as infec tious hepatitis is concerned, Dr, Merkel stated. Proud Hunter Checks Big Deer Too Late Minneapolis, Minn. (U.R) Melvin Abel, 37, drove hap pily up to his home with a five poini buck strapped to his auto Tuesday and rushed inside io telephone his moth er. .... t , While Be was talking io her. his mother .jokingly1' said, "better look out, -somebody might steal it." Abel sent his wife out to watch the deer, but it was loo late. Someone had stolen it. gltaming btavtybf: mixer.manufacfvre, MOMBWARSSt CENTRAL POINT Disappears t S - . 1 7) it REPLACEMENT The Soviet : Union ordered Diplomat Jacob Malik (above) to fly to New York from .Soviet Em bassy in London and assume leadership'of the Soviet dele gation at the United Nations. Malik Arrives At United Nations United Nations, N. Y. - (U.R) Jacob Malik, successor to An drei Y. Vishinsky as Soviet dele gate to the United Nations, ar- rived here today, , Malik, 48, now Soviet ambas sador to London, was delayed when strong headwinds prevent ed his plane from arriving as scheduled. v Malik crossed the path some where over the Atlantic of a chartered Pan American Super Stratocruiser carrying the body of Andrei Vishinsky back to Europe. Vishinsky died Monday after a -heart attack and Malik was named to replace him. Seasoned Delegate Malik, who also is reported to suffer from, heart trouble, is a seasoned United Nations dele gate. His broad poker face and his athletic build are familiar to millions of American television viewers who watched him per form for months as top Soviet delegate. ' -. A Soviet Embassy spokesman in London said it was not known whether Malik would fill Vishin sky's post on a permanent basis. "Mr. Malik has not been in formed whether he will continue as chief of the delegation after the General Assembly adjourns," the spokesman said. , j r S Hollywood ' (U.R) Actress Sheree North's torrid dancing isn't any sexier than most mod ern dances would be if perform ed by a bathing beauty at the beach,, according to Federal Judge Ernest, A. Tolin. Tolin yesterday turned down a Rpst Office request to deny mailing privileges to Joe Bon- ica, . President' of the movie: of the month club, on charges Bon ica mailed out "sexually sug gestive dances by Miss North, It was the second time Miss North's dancing had been term ed suggestive A dance she did on a Bing Crosby - television show last year was th,e subject of a controversy tor being -"too revealing." ;" ' Tolin," after viewing the danc es, said he found only "decency, purity and chastity", in them, adding: "To conclude that these films were sexually suggestive would be to' classify' the great bulk of modern dancing as such. The costumes, -' while consider ably : less than the usual street dress, are not: materially less than - the usual modern . beach wear." : , - BOY SCOUTS GrlffiV Creek : v ;,;:V ; Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of Pack 41, of the Griffin Creek district, will present a program Friday, Nov. 26, in the Griffin Creek school gymnasium, begin ning at 7:30 pjn. v , 1 The purpose of the program is to better acquaint departments wjth the work, done by scouts during weekly meetings and to create more interest in the district .' N. H. Gladfelter, Big Pines commissioner, will explain the organization of scouting, and a movie on - scouting , will be shown. Refreshments will be served. Everyone in the district whq is interested Is invited. . Mrs. Thomas Helman As USSR Delegat Approved ; ViJ On A Rental-Sales Plan V You may rent j new Baldwin or Wurlitxer Piano er a ' Hammond. Chord or Spinet Organ for as long as six' months and have the rental apply en the purchase ef the instrument if you so desire. . - PURUCKER PIAflO HOUSE " 111 North Central e- Phone 2-5702 Census Bureau Asks rmers The Federal Bureau of the Census has ; asked farmers , of Jackson county, for' their cooper ation in the taking of the 1954 farm census, which is now under way here. ' '' i .V. Nationally, more than1: 5,000, 000; farmers are .being ' asked questions about their farms in the 16th of a series of nationwide farm canvasses since the first one on 1840'. ' Forms Mailed ' J. . ' V T;'' In Oregon copies .of the census questionnaire being used were mailed to farm operators in' ad vance of the enumeration, which began earlyj in October and will continue . into December. ' The starting date for the census was set for the close of the normal Former Teacher in Schools Here Dies; Funeral Conducted Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Galloway Hall, for. many years a teacher in Medford schools, were held in Redmond, Ore., re cently. She died at her home in Denver, Colo. v , ', . Mrs. Hall lived in Medford as a young girl, attending school here before going to the Univer sities of Oregon and California. Around the turn, of the century she taught in Medford, serving as an assistant principal for sev eral years. Many of her former pupils still live in this vicinity, according -to her sister, "Mrs. Marie E. Dizney, 825 East Jack son blvd. - Later she taught 'in Klamath Falls, - Alaska, Montana and central Oregon. She was mar ried to Henry G. Hall in Alaska, and ' they were the parents of Bruce B. HalL Her husband pre ceded 'her in death, and she has since made her home with her son in Colorado. Survivors include her son and her sister here; a brother, Rob ert E. Galloway, of. Sams Val ley, another brother, Carl O. Galloway, Redmond, . and . two granddaughters in Denver. Sutherlin Sawmill Properties Sold . Oakland, Of e-J(U.R)-Empire Mill Works corporation of Ne'w York City yesterday announced the sale of its sawmill and tim ber holdings at Sutherlin, Ore., to Mvrtin Brothers Box com pany, Toledo, O. D. B. Kresner, plant manager, said the Sutherlin plant site, machinery, equipment and ex tensive timber holdings are in cluded in the sale. He did not disclose the sale price or-the amount of timber involved. Ray Martin, executive of Mar tin Bros., said his company was to take possession of the proper ties Dec. 6. Empire would con tinue' to operate the planer, and dry' kiln until Dec. 4, but were to cease work at the sawmill today.' ; s . ; . :. - - .Martin - said only , tentative plans had been made to use the properties. The plant employed an estimated. 223" men and, with the ; timberlands made up the major, share of Empire's Oregon holdings, : , ; ? Mrs. Elsie Silliman Passes in California Mrs. Elsie Silliman, 65, for mer resident of Medford, died in Berkeley, Calif., this week, according to her brother-in-law, E. C. Silliman, Talent. She had been in poor health for the past four years. A native of England, she came to this country as a child. She was married 45 years ago in Seattle to Charles P. Silliman, who for many years was ,em--ployed in the Medford post of fice. The couple made then home in, Medford for about 20 years -before moving to Califor nia, where Silliman worked in the Oakland post office until his recent retirement. Mrs. Silliman was a member of the Baptist church and the Eastern Star. Survivors include he husband, a son and daugh ter, two grandchildren and sev eral brothers and sisters; her brother-in-law, and a number of nieces and nephews. . V.OOD In Agri culture RENT A New PIANO or ORGAN eratibn Count crop harvesting season. J , ; Questionnaires used in .differ ent areas were designed to cover the crops commonly produced in these areas, while a numbeV of questions" common ' to all farms will be included . hr each varia tion oi the questionnaire; i With Letter T .The mail questionnaire is ac companied by a letter from Di rector Robert W.' Burgess of the Bureau of the Census. This letter requests each individual farm op erator to fill in the answers and have the completed Question naire ready for the census enu merator when he calls- at the farm a few days' later. " The enumerator will assist the farm er in filling out the form, if he requires assistance. The questionnaire is designed to collect information about the number and size of farms, ten ure, acreage of land in various uses, crops harvested, livestock inventory and production, expen ditures for selected items, inven tory of selected facilities and equipment, irrigation, conserva tion practices, farm value,' mort gage debt, and cash rent. : ; On an average,' each farmer will be asked about 100 ques tions, many of which can be an swered by checking "yes" or "no." : 2D Onclb ,ii,GLGUDODC3 emus $m 127 N. Central - Mother To Pray. . For Son's Release Portland 0JJ3 Mrs. Ray Peters said today she believes that faith and daily prayers will save her son who was sentenced to four ; years in prison as an American spy by the Chinese Communists. ; - Htn. Peters is the mother of Airman 2-c Daniel C. Schmidt, 22, one of 13 Americans listed by the Reds yesterday jas receiv ing prison terms. - Mrs. Peters said she was sorry ot hear of her son's Sen tencing but was "happy to know he has survived." .. She had heard her son's B-29 was shot down in January of 1953. ;,.,;:';'-v;-'.;.:..-.:.;v: . "To this day I have prayed and I have kept faith and I know that some day soon he will be returned to me, his wife and year-old, son," she said. . ' Schmidt's wife lives in Red ding, Calif. k : i . - . rj-.i'y ' t ii i l ii r i Choose from the Largest Selection in Town! ' 9 em s INCORPORATED Opposite Penney's or vv If Sparklinfj New-Season Displays ; in Mcdford's Fine Shops and Stores. " . .1 - J. Money When You Shop in Medford -Shopping Center for Southern Oregon and Northern California. About 13,000 children between the ages 5 to 14 years die in the U S. each year from varidus causes. 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