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1 J 3' m ! Portland Float Gets National Trophy at Tournament of Rose Pasadena, Calif. U.R) The Portland, Ore., float, "Beauty is Where You Find It, Saturday "was named the winner of the National trophy in the 66th an nual Tournament of Roses par ade here. The National trophy is given each year to the most beauti ful entry from outside Califor nia. Long Beach, Calif., its float a mass of 200,000 fresh blos soms topped by the beauteous Miss Universe of 1954, won the sweepstakes prize. 1.250.000 in Crowd ' A crowd of more than 1,250, 000 persons lined Pasadena's Colorado street to watch the colorful spectacle. Usual bril liance and sparkle of the event was dimmed, however, by the threatening skies and cool temp eratures. Additional millions watched the parade on televis ion in a coast-to-coast telecast. With Chief Justice Earl War ren serving as grand marshal of the parade whose theme this year was "Familiar Sayings in Flowers" the Long Beach entry snared the top award with its depiction of John Keat's famous line, "A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever." Miss Universe on Float And Long Beach's "beauty" . was Miriam Stevenson, lovely 21-year-old Wmnsboro, S. C. coed, who won last summer's Miss Universe pageant in the beach city. The float was cov ered with more than 200,000 fresh blossoms including roses, orchids, lilies of the valley, maiden hair fern and many rare flowers. Miss Stevenson, a pretty blue- eyed blonde, who turned down a movie career to return to col lege in Greenwood, S.C., was the only rider on the Long : Eeach float. Her dazzling smile and friendly waves to the crowds brought repeated cheers. Standard Oil Co. of Californ ia won the Grand Prize with its float, "In Days of 01d."iThe float unfolded a story of chiv- arly In three sections. 'The first ' showed a huge, jolly, polka- dot dragon riding amidst a gar- den of tropical flowers. Across the bridge in the middle section, a life-size knight was mounted on a horse in a garden of pink and red roses. In the third sec- tion the knight stood ready to protect a young maiden atop a chrysanthemum castle. Major Winners Other major float winners: Theme: Burbank, California, "Birds of a Feather Flock To gether." ' - " Judge's Special Trophy: Helms' Bakeries of Los Angeles, "There's a Good Time Coming." Combined with Walt Disney , Productions, a preview of Dis neyland park in Anaheim, Cal. President's Trophy: Florists Telegraph and Delivery Assn., "Deep in My Heart." International Trophy: Mexi co, "Wonderful Mexico Has Ev erything." Governor's Trophy: Post Cereals "Go West Young Man." Mayor's Trophy: Pasadena Water and Light Dept., "Eur eka." Queen's Float First In all, 61 floats, 34 equestrian units and a score of bands par ticipated in the parade. First of the floats was one which car ried 19-year-old Marilyn Smuin, queen of the 1955 Tournament of Roses, and her six princesses. Marilyn was seated in front of a huge, lacy heart made of more than 10,000 red roses. Western stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans made their second float riding appearance in the parade. They were on floral replicas of their horses "Trig ger" and "Buttermilk." Other actors in the. parade included Duncan Renaldo, the "Cisco Kid" of TV fame; Guy Madison, TVs "Wild Bill Hick ock" and Andy Devine. Troubles Beset Rose Parade As Rain, Illness Reported Pasadena, Calif. (U.R) The 66th annual Tournament of Roses parade had more than its share of troubles Saturday. First, shortly after the color ful floral pageant got under way it started to drizzle. Then it showered. Finally, a steady rain fell. It started to let up only when the parade neared its end. It was the first time since 1934 that the parade had en countered rainy weather. Mil lions of viewers throughout the in Try To Half Fight Los Angeles (U.R) Arman do F. Castro, 19, former high school star athlete who was studying to be a probation of ficer, was stabbed to death Sat urday when he and his half brother tried to break up a brawl among 10 teenagers. The half brother, Mario Man cillas, 23, was in critical condi tion with stab wounds in his stomach and lungs. Doctors said he might not live. Castro, who won ' the city's high school mile run champion ship in 1953, his girl friendIris Arratia, 18 and Mancillas had gone to East Los Angeles to call for Castro's sister, police said. Castro saw the brawl going dh near the address where he was to pick up his sister. He was knifed by an unidentified youth when he tried to halt the fight, and Mancillas was slashed and stabbed when he came to Cas tro's aid. The victim was a student at East Los Angeles Junior Col lege. North Wales is said to tiro- duce the world's best slate. country watched the event, dampened by this area's first rainfall since last Dec. 10. Call for Ambulance Midway through the parade one of the six rose princesses signaled to an emergency ambu lance. Pretty Joanne Martin, 18, San Marino, Calif., was too ill to continue on the queen's float. She had a slight case of flu Fri day and the . drizzle and chilly weather was too much for her, Most of the girls riding floats wore bathing suits. They grinned and tried to bear it. Before the parade started, two floats were damaged when a car smashed 'into them. They, were repaired, however, and partici pated in the parade. Despite the weather, the crowd of more than 1,500,000 persons exceeded the predic tions for the event. Army To Release Some 44,000 Draftees Washington (U.R) The Army has announced that it will re lease some 44,000 draftees next May and June before they com plete their two-year tsrm of serv ice. . ' The action is being taken in order to meet lower manpower ceilings. Current plans, which are pend ing final approval, call for the early release in May of draftees completing 23 months 6f service and of draftees in June cpmplet ing 22 months of service. The Army said it plans to re sume the normal 24 months of service for draftees after June A similar early release pro gram is planned during March through June for about 3400 re serve lieutenants serving their initial obligated 24-month tour of active duty. ' 1954 o 14 MILLION AMERICANS (People Just Like You) . .. . t . , , Put .. . , 3.$ BILLION DOLLARS Into Home-Owned Savings & Loan Associations Like Jackson County Federal why?;; 'Si v The Reasons Are Simple: When you put money Into an INSURED Savings and Loan Association like Jackson County . Federal, you ' know it's safe . . . Ar Savings and Loan Associations (ike Jaeksoa County Federal pay excellent returns to you on Savings in vested with them the current dividend at Jackson ' County Federal is 3. ' Local Savings and Loan Associations like Jackson County Federal are managed by friendly trustworthy . people your friends and neighbors whose first job is to serve you. . ... .... . So why not make your Number One Resolution for 1955 a sound,, simple one? Resolve to establish a savings account with your local association! JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 126 E. Main Medford, Ore. "Where You Are Paid to Save" Low Forest Fire Loss During 1954 Reported by State Forest fires on state-protected lands in Jackson and Josephine counties caused damaged estima ted at $2,780 during 1954, ac cording to figures prepared by Ted Maul, state warden for the southwest district. The figure was well below that reported for' the district in recent years, Maul stated. Included in the loss estimate for the two counties was 140,- 000 board feet of merchantable timber, valued at $805; $968 loss to reproduction value; $7 loss to logs, and a $1,000 prop erty loss in Josephine county where a building burned as the result of a forest fire. Equally Divided The dollars and cents loss was almost equally , distributed be tween the two counties. Jackson county's loss was estimated at $1,401, and the loss in Josephine county was estimated at $1,379. The heaviest loss in the two counties was caused by fires started by careless smokers, who started 53 blazes. These smoker- caused fires destroyed 44,000 board feet of merchantable tim ber valued at $465; caused a $386 loss to reproduction value, and resulted in destruction of the building in Josephine county for ' a total estimated loss of $1,851. Behind Smokers In second place, but for be hind smoker-caused fires, were blazes caused by logging opera tions, with a total loss of $420. These top two were followed by incendiary, $271; miscellaneous, $142; slashing, $57: debris burn ing, $33: railroad, $6, and mis cellaneous, $142. The total number of fires on state-owned land in Jackson and Josephine counties was 157, for a total of 775 acres. This acre age total included merchantable timber, 82 acres; cutover, 46 acres; old burn, 522 acres;, un- burned slashing, 30 acres, and non-forest land, 115 acres. Although the estimated dam age caused by fires was slightly higher in Jackson county than in Josephine county, Jackson county had a far better record in total number of fires and acreage burned over. 72 Fires Here Jackson county had only 72 fires on state land in 1954, com pared to 85 in Josephine county; and Jackson county had a total of only 177 acres burned over, compared to 598 in Josephine county. The difference in estimated loss is explained by the fact that Jackson county fires destroyed' 90,000 board feet of merchant able timber valued at $750, com pared with 50,000 board feet valued at $100 in Josephine county; and caused loss to re production valued at $696 in Jackson county, compared to $272 in Josephine county. Had it not been for destruc tion of the building in Josephine county, Josephine county s loss would have been only $379 com pared with Jackson county's $1,401. Causes Listed A breakdown on the figures for Jackson county shows the cause and number of fires as: lightning, 9; incendiary, 1; cam pers, 0; smokers,. ,23; debris burning, 11; slashing, 5; logging, 6; railroad, 2, and miscellaneous, 15. Acreage burned over on state land in Jackson county during 1954 included merchantable tim ber. 58 acres; cutovers, 10 acres; old burn, 39 acres; unburned slashing, 30 acres, and non-forest land, 40 acres. No losses of logging equip ment were attributable to forest fires on state-owned land dur ing 1954 in Jackson and Jose- phin counties. Some 104,000 Seek Asylum in West in '54 Berlin U.R) Some 104.000J East Germans asked for asylum in West Berlin in 1954, the West Berlin city government has an nounced. This was about one-third f the total of 306,000 East Ger mans who fled to the West In 1953. Styrene is widely used In the ; manufacture of plastics. BEWARE Of miTAtlOMS LOOK fOR THE HAPPY UTTLi DOG tttiPPt Police Dog Turns Into Stool Pigeon Stillwater. Minn. (U.R) A dog peered intently into a parking lot Friday and po licemen, following the dog's gait, discovered three teen agers syphoning gas from a truck. "I guess we shouldn't have brought the dog," one of the ieen-agers said later. "Don't blame him," a po liceman retorted. "After all, he's a police dog.". Pope Attends Mass To Open New Year Vatican City (U.PJ Pope Pius XII opened the New Year Saturday by attending mass in his private chapel and saying special prayers for world peace in 1955. The 78-year-old Pope, continu ing to show marked signs of im provement after his serious ill ness, rose at daybreak to attend the mass. " The celebrant was German Jesuit father Robert Leiber. Leaving-the chapel, the Pope went to his private study to lis ten to a newscast on his new combination TV and radio set. which he received Friday from the Xaverian Catholic students of America. For the first time in 16 years, the Pope was unable to receive members of the Roman nobility on New Year's Day. Vatican physicians felt the strain would be bad for him. The weather was perfect and the Pope planned to take a walk in the Vatican gardens. Mining Exchange Has Top Year During '54 San Francisco t- (U.R) The phenomenal sale of uranium stock made the year, 1954 the busiest one in 21 years on the San Francisco Mining Exchange it was reported Friday. ' The amount of shares sold on the San Francisco exchange in creased nearly four-fold over 1953 and the dollar volume jumped almost 10-fold, Frank Carter, exchange secretary, re ported. - Carter said 20,574,975 shares were traded in 1954 as compared with 5,195,663 shares in 1953. Trading on the exchange was slow until May, 1954 but from then on transactions totaled the largest since 1923, Carter said. Sunday, January 2, 1855 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVErT Glenn Jackson Named U.S. Bank Director " Portland Glenn L. Jack son, Medford, vice-president arid director of the California-Oregon Power company, was elect ed a director of the United States National bank at a meet ing of the board Dec. 31. An nouncement of the election was made by E. C. Sammons, presi dent of the state-wide banking organization. .Jackson has been associated 'W''WJi..W.M,.,,,M,ljlj,,,,,l,J.,,iMg(!w r 7'. GLENN L. JACKSON Named Director of Bank ' with Copco for more than 25 years and has played an import ant part in developing this com pany and in expanding its ser vice area. Active in civic affairs, he is a past president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Oregon Devel opment commission and of the Oregon State college foundation. He is also a director of Stand ard Insurance company, Albany Democrat- Herald Publishing company and Central Willam ette Broadcasting ' company in Albany. In addition he is president and director of the Gold Holding company in Medford and is man aging partner of White City Re alty company at Camp White. War Veteran Jackson was born in Albany and is a member of a pioneer Oregon family. He was gradu ated from Oregon State College in 1925.' During World War II, he held the rank of colonel in the U. S. Army Air corps. He was awarded the Legion of Mer it, Bronze Star, Order of Crown of Italy and Order of the Brit ish empire. A. A. Binford, vetsran bank er and formerly vice-president of the U. S. National, was -also elected a director at the Dec. 31 meeting. Binford has been manager of the bank's Citizens branch in Portland since 1933. He was retired at the end of 1954 under the benefits of the bank's retirement program. (salaams nna?3 Use Tribune Want Ads fV DAN RIVER H CHAMBRAY ff I fi 1 Solid color remnants in 1st quality Dan River Chambray Denim. Perfect for chil dren's clothes and sportswear. Reg. 59c value. : Sixth and Central Medford's Bargain Corner 7 ; tmwMW'h 1 , ,3" 1 " liUltiliiii No other food gives your boby such a head start toward future health as dairy-fresh milk! 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