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Families of American Fliers Doubt Abil ify To Make China Jaunt - Vista, Calif. U.F9 Mrs. Hen ry Stiter, mother of Capt. Elmer Llewellyn, one of 11 U. S. air men held by the Chinese Com munists, said today the news that families would be allowed to visit the fliers was "simply wonderful' . ' ;:' "Oh, if I only had the money" Mrs. Stiter said, "I certainly would make the trip as soon as possible. Mrs. Stiter is a civilian em ployee at nearby Marine Camp Pendleton. Boise, Ida. U.R) Mrs. Una Schmidt, wife of Airman Daniel C. Schmidt who is a prisoner of the Chinese Communists, said today she is extremely anxious i Retired Farmer, 101, Dies at Corvallis Corvallis (U.R) Arthur Marks, 101-year-old retired farmer, died Wednesday night after an illness of less than one day. . Marks was born June. 10, 1853 at Long River, Prince Edwards Island, in Canada. He came to Oregon in 1875 and homestead- ed near Yachtas.. ... Marks was in charge of the lighthouse at Nootka, B. C. be tween 1919 and 1920. He had been living with his daughter in Corvallis for the past several years. .-.;.,.-. to see her husband In Red China if transportation could be ar ranged. .' She added that she couldn't afford the trip herself, and she expressed some doubt as. to her safety should she make the visit. Schmidt was formerly sta tioned at '.Mountain Home Air Force Base, near here. ; Mrs. Schmidt, who lives here alone, came to Boise last Decem ber and works at a local dime store. . :-i GOLD ARROW Stamps T7 -ANNOUNCE- Arrew Laundry & Dry Cleaners 520 S. Rivenids are Joining the ortitr progressiva merchant in this vicinity -in swing , ' - GOLD ARROW STAMPS Double Stamps Given Until Feb. 5 on all- work at the ARROW LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) Families of the 17 Americans imprisoned by Red China gen erally gave a lukewarm recep tion today to the invitation to visit them. The parents of Capt Harold Fischer, Jr., Swea City, Iowa, said one of them would definite ly accept the bid if he is not released soon. ' The main objection of the others was the cost anywhere from $1000 to $2000 roundtrip just to Hong Kong.' - Most of the relatives of the imprisoned men said they couldn't afford anything '" like that. y.lv?y::-K';i-- Others wondered whether the visit would do any good toward their 'main objective. getting their boys released and returned home. ; ''' Headquarters Unit New York (U.R Airlines of fering service :" to Hong Kong, from which American families presumably could reach Red China to visit imprisoned fliers, said today the rount-trip tourist fare from West Coast ports is $990. ! Pah American--World Airways which offers regular service to the .China entry port, said they could not, under civil air regu lations, .offer free trips to any passengers except by a special government arrangement. Round trip fares from New York to Hong Kong were quoted as $1669.50 first class and $1188 tourist. First class fare from the West Coast is $1377 round trip. : ' Washington (U.R) American officials said today the United States could, not guarantee pro tection to relatives who go to Red China to visit 17 imprisoned American airmen. - The State Department refused immediate ' comment on Red China's offer to permit the rela tives of the imprisoned Ameri cans to visit them. : . However, State Department officials were working on a statement to be issued on the of fer. - . Infantry Training . First Lt. Sebastiano J. Fagone, commanding officer of Head quarters company of the Oregon National Guard's 1st battalion, will report to Ft. Benning, Ga., Jan. 30, for a four-month course of advanced infantry , officer's training, , it was announced to day. - ''.i: r-, Second Lt. Levi G. Monroe has been named to the temporary command of the company during Fagone's absence. Lieutenant Monroe is now serving as com pany executive officer during the absence of Second Lt. Don ald M. Ivie, who is now attend ing school at Ft Benning. Training Policy ' . . Lieutenant Fagone pointed out that it is the policy of the National Guard to allow as many officers and men to attend serv ice school as p'ossible, in order to . keep up with current train ing and equipment developments in tile Army. The company recently held a farewell party for Fagone, and he was presented with a travel ing kit. The ladies auxiliary prepared the food and refresh ments, with Mrs. . R. Greer in charge of the cakes and pies, and Mrs. S. R. Bailey decorat ing the tables. ' Recent federal inspection of the company resulted in an "ex cellent" rating for the unit, it was reported, the highest rating for ' any - National Guard com pany which is not at full au thorized strength. During 'the inspection it was remarked that the unit's gain in' strength, by 21 men, was an impressive dem onstration. '':;, ;'"' Vacancies Listed ". The ' company now has a strength of 66 men and 10 of ficers, leaving 15 enlisted and 1 officer vacancies. If these are filled, the company could re ceive the highest rating, of su perior, next ' year. 3 There are vacancies in the communications platoon, the motor section, the pioneer and amunition platoon and the headquarters section. It is hoped to have the unit at full strength before "summer camp in June. New enlistees joining the com pany last Monday were Granvil F. Brittsan Jr., Ronald L. Negles and George IV Chrisman. ITS OK BUT ... San Francisco (U.R) The In' habitants of San Francisco's Chinatown today pondered a po lice announcement that it would be all right to shoot offt fire; crackers "to celebrate" the' Chi nese New Year Jan. 24. ..Police warned, however, that any one caught selling or buying any fireworks would be arrested. i limii III 111 r i ' 3 -A GUSAEP ...clean through and through! V.". TJOVJ! DGGP- PGMGTOVriMG' CUDG They float out even hidden dirt you never knew was there. Parade washed clothes are truly clean ; clean through and through, Yet Parade is gentle enough for your ' finest Iingerie...kind to your hand. v V I . '-Siy stated 7 f4&$&$ WHAT? NO SNOW? Just a week ago snow fell in Las Vegas, Nev.; for first time in six years. But we're glad the desert sun - got rid of - it in time for us to watch Singer Abbe Lane frolic in the pool at the Last Frontier. Rep. Geary Studies Electronic doling Salem U.R) Possibility of electronic voting in the Oregon Legislature was studied today by Edward A. Geary of Klamath Falls, speaker of the House. . Geary said he had asked Rep. Robert L. Elfstrom of Salem , to observe the operation of v the time-saving device while he visited the Washington Legisla tue at Olympia. The electric vote recording mechanism is be ing tried on an experiment ba sis in the Washington assembly. , : Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Dead line for Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday. Frldayr January 21, 1S5S MEDFORO (OREGON) MAIL Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY limit fnm CornspMdkiit Hollywood (U.R) Tele vision is becoming mora super col ossaL Tonight's ' t "Shower of Stars" will pre sent not one Broadway show, but scenes f r o m six, plus Ethel Merman with- out her famous topknot and Gene Nelson as her dance director;- ; - v K AUnaMotby Instead of seeing one condens ed stage musical, you can get compressed versions of six - on the hour-long color extravagan za. ' ; , Show-stopping musical num bers from "Eadie was a Lady," to There's No. Business ? Like Show Business" will be served up by Miss Merman who' has clipped her topheavy bangs for the stint. ' '. . Tuna Backlog - ' "Next season I . hope to use this show-stopper idea as a.reg gul show," said composer and co-composer Jule Styne. "I have 150 tunes from my own Broad way shows I could use." : . Another supercollosal is dan cer Nelson, usually in front of the cameras, but now .working alone behind scenes as a choreo grapher for the first time. ; s I watched a rehearsal of this $140,000 show, and it's a minor miracle how it gets on the air. The TV wizards accomplish in nine day's reheasal time what movie-makers take six months to do. n The stage looked like a scene from a backstage movie.-Nelson, wearing his usual brown pork pie hat, rehearsed his 16 dances while director Seymour, Burns and - producers Styne ; and Nat Perrin paced . back and forth. Grips .were practicing shifting the 10 colorful sets. Tonight 65 persons will work on camera and 34 technicians behind the camera. But Perrin said production of color shows isn't as, frantic as when they were inaugurated last fall. 0 "We may be; a few minutes over and have to cut; the pro gram right before show time," he said. 'IBut , we . had to cut three minutes from "Lend an Ear while it was on the air one of the. most phenomenal things on TV. L . r- - " "We use pre-recorded numbers now so the sets can be moved and the noise not heard. We've also learned to test the costumes in motion. Once we had to dye Betty Grable's , white gown hours befqre the show because it photographed like a blur. "Above all," Perrin ; added, "we have, learned to be calm. That is the most important thing." : Bing Crosby Active After Operation 1 : Hollywood U.PJ Bing . Cros by, as nonchalant as .when he sings in the movies, 'read his mail, dictated letters and con ducted his business from his hos pital bed today. j-k T h e crooner,' recuperating quickly from his twoiour kid ney stone operation Wednesday; is taking the . experience cas ually.. . . . - ""v':-v1 "He called the office and ask ed for the mail," reported broth er Larry Crosby! "Then he dic tated some orders to me, about handing : out trophies for the Pebble Beach golf tournament. . "He has a tape recorder next to his bed so I imagine he'll send down a load of letters to us to day. He seems to be in a very good frame of mind." The crooner; is scheduled to leave the hospital in 10 days and head for his Palm Springs home to recuperate. Skeletons Removed FromSconD of Crash Seattle (U.PJ Skeletons of four persons who died in a light plane crash near, here four years ago were recovered by a search party yesterday afternoon. :lThe victims were Archie Hop per, 52, formerly 'of Portland who piloted the ' plane; his son, Lyle, 32; a friend, Olive Howard, Warrenton, and a niece, Mrs. Jo sephine Hayes, San Rafael, CaL . Wreckage of the plane .was found late Wednesday by two timber cruisers for the Crown Zellerbach Corporation. A ' se rial number found on the wreck age identified it as the Hopper plane. The bodies - were identi fied by personal effects. Thejplane, a fourplace Fair child monoplane,' took off from Astoria Feb. 11, , 1951 en route to California. It apparently crashed into the heavily wooded hillside a few minutes .later in heavy fog.; , FOURTH TRY -"Madison, Wis. UJD Uarion and Gerald A. Endres are going to tryt it; again. Granted their third divorce recently, the couple told Cicuit Judge Her man W. 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