Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 16, 1954, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, December 16, 1954 si- $V a. " ' "L, r 3- - - ' i r. - I I i - - ' " I ' I It A - fir ' r l 1 V ' 4 r- ' ' , -? " ' ' Miss Ann Mertwetfaer, the "Miss America of 1955" Is an enthusiast for the U. S. Savings Bonds program. The regular purchase of Savings Stamps and Bonds daring school years provided the money necessary for her college education. And first on her list of Christmas presents is a C. S. Savings Bond. As "Miss America" she snggests to every one: "This Christmas, give Savings Bonds. They keep growing through the years and promise a brighter tomorrow. Ours is a price less heritage, one which was built upon thrift and the privilege of shar ing security with those we love. Share this security by giving them the best present of all a V. S. Savings Bond. And enclose it in Treasury Christmas gift folder available at your bank.!' Founder of Hooper Rating System Killed Salt Lake City (U.R) C. E. Hooper, 56, originator of the widely used Hooper ratings in radio and television, was killed here yesterday when he fell against the propeller of a boat in Great Salt Lake. Hooper, of Norwalk, Conn., came here .two days ago on a business trip. He was hunting ducks with two companions when the accident occurred. They reported Jie fell against the propeller while attempting to push the boat from a shallow, area into deeper water, Hooper still was alive when his companions, FranK mc- Clatchey, sales manager for a Utah Radio Service Corporation, and Dr. Harry R. Nordberg, Salt Lake City dentist, rushed him to a hospital. He died shortly after arrival. - : Hooper founded and was pres ident of C. E. Hooper Surveys, Inc. The duration of a simple cold is about five days. mm EASY TO OWN Purchase on Rental Plan $25.00 Down Puts a New Gulbransen in Your Home VALLEY MUSIC CO. 523 Crater Lake Ave. Phone 2-5325 CDnDonese CoDTrotTnuminiOsts (Canu'ft SoDve odldlDe (M What Amnieiricaini ..Seventh Fleet WM Bo Taipeh, Formosa U.R) The big Communist Chinese have been working at it for four months but they have yet to solve the riddie of what the American Seventh Fleet will do if the Reds attack Nationalist islands off the China coast. - The Communists and the U. S. Navy just keep playing a deadly game of cat and mouse. There is no question but that the fleet will protect Formosa itself and the Pescadores.- That was made clear in the recent Sino - American mutual defense pact. Military men believe the Reds would have tried to in vade the Chiang Kai-shek bas tion long ago if the Seventh Fleet had not been there. -The cat and mouse game is taking place among the hun dreds of little islands off. the China coast, some of them stra tegically important such as Que moy, Tachen, Matsu and White Dog. Official American policy is to say nothing of what the Seventh Fleet will do in case of invasion of one of those islands. And if Chiang's military commanders themselves know, they are keep ing it quiet. , Prowling Fleet The only thing the Commu nists know for sure is that the warships are prowling out there somewhere in the For mosa straits with enough power to make nightmares for any com mander planning an amphibious operation. The Reds, apparently frustrat ed by the American pokerface, have tried during recent months to make our Navy show its hand. First, in September, they be gan artillery bombardment of little Quemoy Island, four miles off the Red Chinese - port of Amoy. The Americans did noth ing but Chiang's own small but RR Blood Drive Assisted by Many Rogue River This communi ty went "all out" Tuesday for the first visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile, when 103 pints of blood were collected. A house-to-house canvass on every street and nearby road was conducted beforehand by a crew of volunteer women, and signs were posted on every street into town, pointing the way to the bloodmobile station. The signs were made by fourth and fifth graders in the Rogue River school. Tables at the blood collection center were decorated in a Christmas theme. Coffee, dough nuts and fruit juice was donated by the Rogue River Booster club. Mrs. W. C. Zieser was chair man of the committee which ar ranged the event, with Mrs. H. Stephens in charge of recruit ing; Mrs. William White, can teen; Mrs. John Dixon, staff aides; Mrs. Cedric Rambb, nurses and Mrs. Ed Burkett, hostesses. Boy Scouts served as helpers and messengers, and Girl Scouts baby-sat during the event. crack air force roared out of (land, a tiny speck in the Straits Formosa and counter-attacked with.- surprising sting. Stymied at Quemoy, the Reds turned their attention to the north and brought the Tachen Island - chain under pressure. They shelled the Nationalist islands, made invasion feints and sent bombers over. Still ' not a " quiver from the Seventh Fleet. Then they gathered together a hundred or so junks, accord ing to official Nationalist claims, and circled around Wuchiu Is- A NichoVs Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Feature Writer interest you to know that there are twice as many left-handed 14LJ Festival's Season Rate Expires Soon Ashland William Patton, gen eral mana'ser for the Oresron Shakespeare festival, reminded patrons today that the special membership rate of $12 for sea son tickets would be in effect only until December 24. After Christmas, season tick- ets for the world famous festival will be $15, Patton said. Patton said that the special price offer and the growing idea of giving festival subscriptions as Christmas gifts had led to the best early subscription sale in the event's history this year. Season's subscriptions ' to be ued as gifts come with a special greeting card showing an ar tist's rendering of the festival stage and carrying the line "Season's Greetings." An addi tional 25 cents is charged for handling gifts subscriptions. Extra Fare Eliminated From Crack SP Train San Francisco The "City of San Francisco," Southern Paci fic's crack streamliner to Chica go, will be operated without extra fare starting Jan. ' 9, the SP has announced. ' -Elimination of the extra fare will not curtail the train's serv ice, the announcement said, and it will continue to run on the fastest San Francisco-Chicago schedule, almost seven hours faster than other trains. little boys as there are left handed little girls. That is ac cording to Miss Jerlyn Madi son, a hand writing expert, who has been run n i n g around -the Harman Nichols country and .writing letters to 'school teachers looking into the question of who is portsided and who isn't. Jerlyn, who works for a pen company, learned what every body else knew before the pen people spent all that money on research nobody knows what makes a person left-handed! Great Painters "But," she added, "if you have a left-handed child you have nothing to worry about. Point the kids up to a hero. Leonardo da Vinci and Michel angelo, two , of the greatest painters of all times, were left handed. And how about Babe Ruth and Robert Moses (Lefty) Grove." - V But, Miss Madison said, a left- handed child does have a mild problem ... he lives in a world where an awful lot of things are designed with only right handers in mind. In the old day, school masters even gave a lefty tihe ruler-cure over ' the knuckled. Thejr don't do that any more. Now if a kid writes with his left hand, they let him. And the pen people are trying to help. Out comes now a left handed fountain pen. The point is slanted the other way for the southpaw who writes straight Washington (U.R) It may 1 up and down. There is another complicated point ior tnose wno practically stand on their heads when they sign their names. Shorthand Problem Some children when they get to high school have trouble with shorthand if they are left-handed. Some seem to get along fine. One of the old-time stenogra phers in Congress, who refused to learn how to use the . newr fangled mechanical stenotype machines, still uses a dip pen and does right good at it with his left-hand shorthand. ' If your young'un' is left-handed. Miss Madison has a few little suggestions. - "He has to learn an entirely different techniquie," she told me. "When he is very . young leave him alone. If he picks up his spoon with the left hand, it's all right. But give him all the help you can." And when he goes to school talk with the teacher and let her know his problem." "There is no reason why he can't live a fine normal life," she said. After all, as my pen pal points out: . - "Maybe he will grew up to be President. President Garfield was a lefty." of Formosa so small it does not show on most mapsr . . Guns Loaded But Silent Through it all, the Seventh Fleet, probably the most power ful gathering of naval - might in the world today, . kept its guns loaded but silent. Planes from carriers -patrolled the coastline for any signs of really big Communist preparationsand destroyers ran their regular pa trol missions. - , The riddle has two sides, of j course. ; ' Military observers in Formosa must ponder whether the Reds' will face up to the possibility of active American intervention with all its far reaching im plications and risk an amphibi ous assault on one of the .tiny islands. The Communists have given no sign of calling off their pledge to ."liberate" Formosa. The way there lies through those little " islands and, up to now, the Communists have made no headway. Military observers believe the Seventh Fleet, mo bile, powerful and mysterious, is largely responsible. Mystic Revelers Society Plans New Year's Party Mempnis,' Tenn. (U.R) Some 500 persons have received invi tations to a masquerade "ball on New Year's Eve. Invitations were signed "Se cret Society of the Mystic Rev elers." A post office box num ber was given for replies. Those invited said they probably wouldn't know who their host is until the unmasking. , ,' Santa Claus Refused Ride in Helicopter , ' Fort Devens,. Mass. (U.R) City officials of Ayer, Mass, asked the Army if it would bring Santa Claus to a children's party in a helicopter. . The Army refused on grounds Santa Claus is a civilian and Army regulations provide that only servicemen may be '.trans ported in Army helicopters. CUFFS MEATS 608 East Main St. Phone 2-6805 Open until 6:30 p.m. Week Days. Till, 7 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays a n d Holi days. ' V.'.'l ... , . For your protection and as surance of Quality we sell only Inspected and U. S. Graded Meats. WE GIVE NORTHERN STAMPS Tugman Resigns From Eugene Paper Eugene (U.R) William M. Tugman has resigned as editor of the Eugene Register-Guard after an association of 27 years with the newspaper in order to publish the weekly Port Ump qua Courier at Reedsport, Ore., it was announced today. Alton F. Baker, president and published of the Guard Publish ing Company and Tugman an nounced the resignation jointly. They said the announcement was timed so that it could ap pear simultaneously in the Eu gene and Reedsport newspapers. Tugman's first edition was to be published today. . Tugman said he purchased the Courier outright last Friday. The paper was purchased from John G. Weiss and Harold A. Pruitt for an undisclosed sum. Pickpockets Pick Wrong Place To Hide Chicago (U.R) Three sus- peciea picKpocKeis sought re fuge m a men's rest room at a subway station when they were ioiiowed by two policewomen, . One policewoman stood guard outside the door while the other telephoned for help. Two male officers responded to the call and arrested the suspects. Just ih'time for" Me 'Christmas giving N C W Wvy TOTE-ALLG Lightest, slimmest luggage , ever made and 1 i' Squart-Tottt 14.90 16' end 1 8' Squarc-Totts IS. SO . 22Vi' aH-hanaw Dro-Tet 22.SO - 2i' PuHwan Drtt-Tot 22.30 21 W.tktmfer Dri-ToL 1S.00 in Koroieal'i'riCM plot lo) Elegant new Skyway Tote-Alts are the most exciting thing we've ever featured m luggage . . . pounds lighter and inches slimmer than ordinary luggage, with resilient sides that "ride" with the travel bumps. Just in time for ' . inspired Christmas giving: the Sfcyway Drei-Tofe, which hangs up to 11 dresses wrinkle-free yet weighs a mere four pounds before packing , .the Weekender Dres-Tofe without hangers... end four sizes in handbag'style ; Squart-Tofts i . '. covered with washable Kproseal or Vinyl patent. This Christmas pack up her travels the smart way ...the SKYWAY. j(t04Ca- g B. f. Goodrich. Co. Swem's 217 E. MAIN Medford, Ore. Signature of Dogs Forged by Husband Chicago U.R) Mrs. Georgia Miller, 34, believes her husband should be cited for contempt of court because he forged the sig nature of their two dogs. Mrs. Miller complained Tues day her husband sent her notes signed by "Skippy and Teddy," their ' two dogs, after he had been enjoined from molesting or communicating .with her. She is seeking a divorce. MORRELL'S YORKSHIRE SLICED BACOtJE m FRESH GROUND BEEF 3 LBS. 3C FRESH GOLDEN BROAD PAN READY FRYERS U.S. "CHOICE" STEER , SHORT RIBS LB. We Will Have Extra Fancy U.S. "Choice EASTERN STEER PRIME RIBS for Christmas Order Now! -Also a Complete Line of Poultry for Your Holiday Dinner- ORDER NOW! Butte Falls District Ranger Announced Brittain H. Ash this week will take over his new duties as dist rict ranger at Butte Falls, it was announced today by the Rogue River National forest head quarters. Ash succeeds Robert M. Bee man, who last month was as signed to Wenatchee forest in Washington as fire control of ficer. Ash is a forestry graduate of Oregon State college, and began his forest career in 1941 as jun ior forester on Mt. Hood Na tional forest. After work on sev eral forests, he was promoted in 1946 to district ranger at Mc- Kenzie Bridge in the Willamette National forest, and comes to the Rogue forest from there.. Mr. and Mrs. Ash are the par ents of two boys, Donald, 10, and Terry, 8. . . , Eisenhower Mails Christmas Cards Washington U.R) President and Mrs. Eisenhower's Christ mas cards, were in the mail to day. The cards are white. On the first . shee the presidential seal is executed in color . and the words "season's greetings" em bossed in gold. ' The message on the inside of the cards reads "The President and Mrs. Eisenhower extend theirbest wishes for Christmas and the New Year.". The White House also said Mr. . Eisenhower will speak to morrow for about six minutes at the capital's . annual yuletide pageant tree lighting ceremony just south of the White House grounds. Children Drown in Pool at Canyonville Roseburg U.R) Two small children, a brother and a sister, drowned last night at Canyon ville about " 30 miles south of here, Douglas County Coroner L. Jim Powers reported. The victims were identified as Thomas Paul Acosta, 4, and his sister, Christine, 3. They were the children of Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Acosta of Canyon ville. Powers said the children were playing near a pond when they apparently slipped and fell in. They were pulled from the water and the fire deartment " worked over ' young i Thomas for more than an hour in a futile effort to revive him. The little girl was taken to a hospital and died later last night, apparently from the effects of the water. Powers said. . ' r & all want , ,( hs 1 1 HOWCASJIW I . . . And Hepalong Cassidy's . ? J Vjk 'rTv Mf "; Favorite Milk is so good for ; J VVy) them. It is just what healthy, cTj . hustling, active young bodies C JrM need. Order today .from your J 1 f:ilQ I ft driver or favorite dealer. if I 1 y i to be STRONG t 1 I ij&Yoii can with AIHA iS? cr " ' cow',j- s) .- ....... miiSMiM . Machine tool manufacturers sold about 11. per cent of their production to foreign, countries in 1952. dg Boys and Girls Don't Forget Your Hoppy Ba Is Here Ask About It Q TOPS in QUALITY! SEE HEAR HOPPY 6r4 KBES-f V WEDNESDAY, 7 to 7:30 P.M. 1