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Seventh Fleet Planes
Me Off as Earning
To Red
Taipeh, Formosa OJ.R) The
U. S. 7th Fleet sent "large num
bers" of planes into the air south
of the Tachens as a warning to
Red China that the United States
means business, it was reported
here today.
Waves - of Nationalist heavy
bombers smashed at Red Chin-
ese invasion fleets north of the
threatened island, sinking a 1500
ton Communist warship,, and
Nationalist sources disclosed the
Communists. had made a fourth
unsuccessful attempt to invade
the Matsu islands. -
City Police Officer
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Possessions in Fire
Almost all the personal' be
longings of Officer Robert Ghey-
sen, Medford city policeman,
and his . family, 1581 Spring
brook rd., were destroyed in an
early, morning house fire today,
"according to reports of police
and firemen.
Firemen said that the rear of
the house, the kitchen and . the
hallway were considerably dam
aged by the blaze.. There was
smoke . and heat damage
throughout the house.
The ' blaze apparently started
from ashes in a cardboard box
left on the back porch about, 5
p.m. yesterday, firemen report
ed. Fire burned through a rear
wall, breaking door and window
glass and getting into the kitch
en. Gheysen and his wife were
- awakened by smoke and escaped
with , their small daughter.
. Almost Trapped
. Gheysen reportedly ; almost
" was trapped when he went back
into the house to see if he could
save anything. ; ' .". 1 .
The fire department dispatch
ed the rural pump 'truck and a
, pumper fromthe east, side sta
tion on receivings the alarm
about 1:30 a.m. . : . ; .';'-,
Police said that the Gheysen
family lost most of its clothing
. and that all of its furnishings
-were ruined. They reported that
Gheysen had just leased the two
bedroom house with option to
buy. w:'' :'s il'-'-Sj..
? City employees today were
raising' a fund to help the fam
ily. The'Gheysens were staying
with Mrs. Gheysen's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Burghardt,
1132 Biddle rd.
Two Couples Hurt
In Highvi
s Two couples received severe
injuries this morning in a head
on collision between two " veh
icles on Highway 99 near Mil
ler's gulch, according to state
police.
Injured were Mr. and Mrs.
Claude . Bird, Salem, and Mr.
and Mrs. Howard de Sully Hod
son, Seattle. Bird . was . to be
taken to Eugene immediately for
treatment by a specialist of a
severe leg fracture. His wife suf
fered head injuries. Hodson was
being treated for concussion and
chest injuries, while his wife re
ceived pelvic injuries. All were
taken to Grants. Pass for treat
ment. - '.:-. y '' '
; Police said that the Hodson
vehicle was attempting to pass
another car when the headon
collision occurred. Witnesses
said both cars ' were traveling
about 70 miles an hour, police
added. Fire broker out "in both
cars after the accident, and was
extinguished by bystanders, po
lice said. No citations were is
sued. -. ' ' - .
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Ana ramiiyi
iy Crash
County Welfare Department
Findnci
The Jackson' County Public
Welfare department is "skating
on very thin ice financially'
this quarter, Mrs. Blanch Ly
man administrator, said today.
As a result, she stated, new ap
plications for assistance under
all of the programs . will be
screened with exceeding care,
and it may be necessary to make
minor readjustments in continu
ing assistance cases. r -Critical
Programs
' The critical programs are gen
eral assistance, aid to dependent
children and aid to the perman
ently and totally disabled, Mrs.
Lyman explained. During the
lumber strike last summer, the
requests for general assistance
(sometimes known - as - "relief")
went up mostly in Willamette ,
ally
China Forces
' Chinese ? press reports here
said Vice Adm. Alfred M. Pride,
commander of the 7th Fleet,
used 300 planes in the show of
force north of Formosa, but nav
al sources would not confirm the
number of planes involved. . .
- American pilots from the car
rier Princeton were seen in Tai
peh today, leading to speculation
the carrier had arrived in For-
mosan waters to reinforce the
big carriers Yorktown, Kear
sarge, Wasp and. Essex already
here. That would raise to 500
the number of carrier-based air
craft available to help in the ev
acuation of Tachen.
The Nationalist Chinese air-
force; said its bombers ' struck
Red positions north of Tachen,
including recently captured Yik-
iangshan island. The 1500 ton
enemy warship, big enough to
be a destroyer or destroyer es
cort, was hit. 32 miles north of
Tachen. It was left flaming and
dead in the water. .
t n e .Nationalists n a v e . re
ported using 1000 pound bombs
against the Communist invasion
fleets and said they hit Yikiang
shan, barely eight miles north
of Tachen with 500 pound bombs
in predawn attacks. They said
the. Communist air force did not
try to interefere. ; ij'k '-
No Cdfcununisi Activity
There were no reports of Com
munist activity against Tachen
today although the Reds have
shelled it repeatedly, giving rise
to fears they might shell Ameri
can ships - evacuating the Na
tionalists. -".-
Naval sources here denied re
ports any of its units already
had clashed . with Communist
vessels. ' ' . ; :-.' .-1.
Case in Second Day
v A-circuit court trial on ; lar
ceny of livestock was in" its see-
jondday. today. The first .wit
nesses for the state were on the
witness stand this morning."
xae TtnaL.. resulted .. from a
grand jury indictment of Robert
Ellis Darrohn, 45, Star route,
Trail, and a 16-year-old youth,
charging, the two stole a : calf
from V. R. Mathews, route 1, box
650, Eagle Point, : on Nov. 15,
1953.':. a. --.
A jury was impaneled yester
day and opening statements by
the attorneys were made. Dist
rict Attorney, Walter Nunley is
representing the state and Attor
ney Edward Kelly the defense,
A defense motion to dismiss
the case was argued Monday and
Presiding Judge -E. H. Howell,
Canyon City, ; ruled against the
defendant. : ; ' . - - - -
- Arguments originally schedul
ed Monday on a demurrer filed
by the defense in an attempted
rape ease, have been postponed
The defendant is Jack Dwight
McCoy, 26, of 129 Wightman st,
Ashland. ": . -';' '
MacArthur Puzzled
By Security Posif ion
l Los Angeles (U.R) Gen.
Douglas MacArthur said today
he could ' not understand why
the United States as the strong
est nation in the world had be
come "dependent" on others for
its security and welfareiH"
' MacArthur, speaking at the
unveiling of a. statue in his hon
or, said Murmurs are arising
that our patriotism is outmoded.
; "We are accused of being re
actionary when we idolize our
country," he told the crowd of
between 20,000 and 25,000 that
gathered in tree-banked Mac
Arthur Park for the half hour
program. He 'said these, "voices
of despair" who decry "patriot-
ism". snouio. De repucuaxeo' ai
every turn. '
valley counties during a time of
year when they, normally go
down, drawing "more heavily "on
funds V for this program than
usual, Mrs. Lyman added.
In addition, assistance for de
pendent children has increased
due to an increasing number of
f amer-bandonments, making an
additional and unexpected drain
on these funds, she said. : '.
Some Request Aid- ? ? y
Similar 'conditions have been
noted in many counties through
out the state Mfs'Lyman stated,
and some counties have had to
request the state commission for
supplemental, funds to meet the
needs in their areas.. . ; , fi
As a result of this,-the State
Public Welfare, commission has
cut requested budgets, for the,
Livestock
Larceny
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MEDFORDifc
united en
49th Year 14 Pages
'.. Washington --(UJS Defense
Secretary Charles E. Wilson dis
closed today that military plan
ners are working vigorously to
make , atomic weapons . part : of
the nation's continental defense
system. , - : j
He also revealed that the at
omic powered submarine Nautil
us is performing beyond expec
tations and has paved the : way
for eventual operation of atomic
powered aircraft. '.
Wilson made these disclosures
on the development of nuclear
weapons when he appeared be
fore the House Armed Services
committee to defend military
budget cuts being questioned by
Medford Is Named
District HQs for
omeryWard
Medford has been designated
as a district headquarters for
pany, and S. D. Ward, San Ra
fael, ; Calif.,; has been assigned
here as district, manager, it was
announced today. .
The area to be administered
from the new Medford office in
cludes most of Oregon and nor
thern; California; south of Port
land and north of the San Fran
cisco bay area and. Sacramento.
Ward 1 has opened his. office in
remodeled quarters on the sec
ond floor of the Montgomery
Ward store on South Central
ave. '
Central Location - -
Medford was chosen for the
offidtf-because'of .its centrar ic-;
cation in the district, Ward said,
The action follows recent read
justments of districts in the west
coast, with the number of dis
tricts reduced from five to four.
Other Pacific district offices are
in Walla Walla, Wash., Palo
Alto, Calif., and. Alhambra,
Calif.' -c ; ' ";: ' - -i,7? ' 'i yl s
- Ward has been with the com
pany for 1 15 years. His family,
including his wife4 srad ; three
children, Michael, 13, Pamela,
10. and David, 7, will move here
as soon as he has located a resi
dence. ;
Soviet Demand for
Conference Expected
London ' (U.R) - Western
Observers speculated today the
Russians will demand another
Big Four conference on Germany
as a result of their calling an
end to the state of war that has
existed between the Soviet Un
ion and Germany sirice',1941. i
These officials regarded the
Soviet Union's official declara
tion on German! as just another
propaganda maneuver in. the
.Communist drive against rearm
ament of the Bonn Republic.
The British Foreign office's
onlv reaction to the Russian
move "was a reminaer mat me
United States had made a simi
lar - declaration almost four
years ago. - ,
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York U.R Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 401.97 t up 4.97; 20 rail
roads 141.30. up 0.64; futilities
62.55 up 0.14, and 639 stocks
148.12 ud 1.25. Sales today were
about 3,860,000 shares, compar
ed with 3,230,000 shares traded
yesterday." " : ; ' ' . . :
'On
Ice'
quarter, ending March 31, in all
counties. In Jackson county the
total cut was only $6,300, bring
ing the total quarterly .. budget
down to $331,858, a reduction of
only a few. percentage points.
But at the same time, the state
commission declared it could
make no supplemental grants to
any counties during the quarter,
and requested all 'counties "to
exercise " the utmost care with
respect to expenditures" during
the. quarter. .
No Major Changes -
No major changes in welfare
payments . are expected r here,
Mrs. Lyman said, but she point
ed out that the commission will
have to be extra careful in mak
ing new grants, and, if demands
increase, may have to review
current cases. w
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1 955
Wsapoos
congressional ' Democrats. New
Far. Eastern - commitments have
heightened criticism of the cuts.
Wilson said ' a "vigorous re
search, and development effort"
is being made to ;- use atomic
weapons in "the continental air
defense program which is being
pushed with all practical speed."
He did not give details but pre
sumably, these would be atomic
warheads in anti-aircraft guided
missiles aimed at blocking any
massive air strike against t h e
United States. They probably
would 'be used. at high altitudes
in the Arctic regions. : M - ' :
There had been -hints of this
program but Wilson's statement
mMm
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BACKS MARCH OF DIMESSen? Richard Neuberger took: time
out when little Mary Kosloski,
at his office in the nation's capital. "Give me a button just like
yours,": he said, "and let's all have the courage like, you to "conquer
infantile paralysis." Oregon," the
a top state in the nation in the
per capita for . fund raising. T 'Tt's
senator. , . . ,.
Republiean
Of Talent
Washington (U.R) Sen;
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.),
in Ms first speech prepared; for
Senate delivery, hurled a charge
of "betrayer at the administra-
Heavy Oregon Fog
n
Portland U.f9 Fog, which
paralyzed airplane and . . .ship
traffic in ' western Oregon; last
night and early today, will re
turn again tonight, the weather
bureau reported.
Four ships bound downstream
from Portland had to anchor in
the Columbia river last night.
Visibility at the local airport
dropped : to zero at ' 10:55 rp.m.
yesterday ; and ; remained that
way all night,- -: ;
Fog : was general 'from Rose-
burg north Jo Puge t Sound west
of the Cascades anid there were
pockets of fog east of the moun
tains. ' -; " -:'
New Dentistry Practice
Complaint Filed Here "
A. new complamt : was iilea
Monday in district court charg
ing Lee Poirier, Jacksonville,
with practice of dentistry with
out a license,- according to court
records. - - ,
Another complaint against
oirier. 1 involving a ; similar
charge was the' subjectof . a de
murrer which was sustained by
Judge Rawles Moore last Thurs
day. .
Arraignment on the new.com?
plaint bas been set , for Friday,
at 3 pan. The new complaint
contains more . details of - the
charge officials, said.
United
n
f art off
was the first official 1 acknow
ledgement of the plans."
Wilson said newly developed
weapons have added "tremen
dous striking power" to U. S.
forces. ; : :
i: He said studies are being made
"under simulated conditions of
atomic war" to revamp the Army
. . . He said they probably will
result in a . "larger number.' of
smaller, but ' more mobile and
self-contained units of greater
firepower."
Wilson, in prepared testimony,
also said:
: 1. He cannot foresee any fur
ther military spending cuts be
low the presently planned; $34,-
March of Dimes poster girl,' called
senator's home state, has been
March of Dimes drive with a high
a bigger job, now,", said the
- - ; '::,,M:
Hon today for not - asking' for
money for the Talent irrigation
project in southern Oregon. .
The Talent project was auth
orized by Congress last year. It
would cost some $23,000,000. ;
Interest Said 'Abandoned ,
' . Neuberger ' accused Republi
cans : of r using .the Talent .: pro
ject for political purposes dur
ing last fall's campaign. "Yet,
he said, " v . the administration
has now. evidently abandoned in
terest" in "'".the "project as dem
onstrated j by the fact that no
funds have been included in the
budget for construction of either
irrigation works : or - the - power
-plant." " ' . " :
To Spar No Effort . , ;
He said .he: and Sen. Wayne
Morse (Ind.-Ore.), . would "spare
no effort to try to redeem, the
broken promises which the ad
ministration made to : the. people
Of southern Oregon last year."
It "constitutes a betrayal of
the people of southern-Oregon,"
he said. 't
Neuberger said :; the budget
should haye $2,500,000 to start
engineering. . and construction
and "at least" $350,000, to re
storecanal systems.- fi'- ) , ;
-"The people of Jackson coun
ty were sold a mirage for po
litical purposes," Neuberger said.
Neuberger made public a let
ter -he-: had -written - to Interior
Secretary Douglas McKay on
Jan. 11 urging that funds for the
project be included in the Bur
eau of Reclamation budget. -
Los Angeles U.R) r Gen.
Douglas MacArthur r shared an
18-pound chocolate - layer birth
day cake with fellow passengers
during his plane trip from New
York to. Los - Angeles yesterday.
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Charges
Betrayal
Projeei:
Fribune
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Price 5c - No. 266
000,000,000 a year rate. "Nor do
I see any need for important in
creases short of war," he said.
2. "There are no apparent
indications that the Soviet Union
intends to take - action ; during
the next few years . .that would
deliberately precipitate another
world conflict." But- there's al
ways a possibility war might
break Lout "through miscalula
tion on their, part," he said. .
3. "Long-range -fighter units
of the Strategic Au command
are scheduled : to be re-equipped
with supersonic fighters possess
ing a nuclear capability." : This
apparently means . jet ; fighters
will carry atpmic bombs just as
UStlayMeToM
China To Take Pari .
In Cease Fire Berate
Washington -j(U.R) The Unit
ed States may vote to ask Red
China to send representatives to
New York .for any debates the
United Nations Security Council
may hold on a cease fire in the
Far East, official sources said to
day.: ; v. v '.Kjf;-
A cease fire resolution propos
ed by New Zealand is expected
to be put before ' the council
"very soon", and formal : action
may tome this week or next of-
State Retirement
Examined
By Joint Group
Salem U.R) A bill to broad
en the retirement benefits of
public : employees state, coun
ty, city and school was exam
ined in detail today by a jomt
ways and means subcommittee
headed by RepOrval Eaton of
Astoria. ry;-v-;",;:'-0'';'-v ': '
Under terms of the bill, ex
pected to be brought to the floor
of the Senate early next week,
the new enlarged benefits would
go into effect Jan. 1,' 1956. .
Plan of Payment
Public employees t. In . state
service before then would con
tinue to receive retirement bene
fits they now. enjoy until Jan. 1
then - would get ' the stepped up
benefits for time served' from
then on.' ' '
The subcommittee Is made up
of legislators who were on an
interim committee named by the
1953 session to study the public
employment - retirement system.
Rep. - Eaton was ' vice-chairman
on that committee which was
headed by David C. Baum of .La
Grande, member of the house
in 1953.' . . ' ;
Lesser Percentage
-The system is known as the
old-age and survivors insurance.
A policeman or. fireman, who
retires at age 60, and is not eli
gible dot old-age and survivors
insurance until age . 65,' would
retire .at ; a lesser ; percentage of
total salary, Dut upon reaching
age 65, and with the -commence
ment of social : security income,
would ; reach the stepped up
benefits. ,-, -
The plan is. designed with in
creasing ..benefits . as the em
ployee rises in state service, to
encourage the number - of - em
ployees making state service a
career and encouragmg - the
higher, bracket, employees to re
main in state service. . - ' - ;
1 4-Year-Olcl Boy Admits
Participation in Thefts '.
A 14-year-old youth yesterday
admitted ' participation in three
petty thefts in the Medford area
during the past several months,
according to city police.
Items taken included a B-B
gun valued at $5.95, from the
Western Thrift store at Christ
mas time; two. packages of hem
burger buns from a Beck's bak
ery truck about two months ago,
and attempted larceny of candy
bars . from the . Big Y market
about three weeks ago. Another
youngster was involved in two
of the thefts and the candy lar
ceny attempt failed when an
employee - caught the m, Ihe
youth told the police. -
Program
Weather
FORECAST: Soma hich clondl-
new tonight and Thursday. A
. few patches of mornlnc tog.
Low tonlfht 25. Hif h Thnn
day 46.
. ; , Tamp.
Highest Yesterday J 51
. Lowest this Morning 24
do the bombers the jets are
intended to protect. ' ;? : ;
, 4. The Air Force objective for
June 30, 1956, is 131 wings, four
more combat -wings, than planned
a year ago.
vt "The USS Nautilus put to sea
on Jan, 17 and its performance
has exceeded expectations," Wil
son said. He said the perform
ance "opens . up an entire new
field of propulsion," not only for
ships, but j eventually , for ; air
craft." Atomic powered planes
could cruise , at " supersonic
speeds indefinitely, depending
only on the endurance of the
crews. ,
ficials said. President Eisen
hower has 'emphasized that the
United States would welcome a
U.N. peace move in the troubled
Far East,r;: -.1;;;..vv
United Slates Undecided
The United States has hot de
cided finally whether it would
vote "aye" on the question of in
viting Red China' to attend a
cease fire debate. But high-ranking,
informants said such a move
definitely "w ould : not be
The Eisenhower administra
tloh view.the 'pbssibie appear
ance or Ked Chinese delegates in
Xl I ... .... .
tius couniry. wiur mixed emo
tions. Attendant publicity is sure
to oe used by the Reds to further
tneir efforts for international
recognition and U.N. member
ships. .. But their presence "also
could be used against them if
they oppose a cease fire, it was
saiav . v vr;M-v 4:
Would Have No Vote
Officials oointed out too. that
Arucie at oi tne u. w.. Charter
provides that nations not mem
bers of the UJi. shall be invited
to participate, in U.N. debates
whenever they are parties, to, a
dispute under Security Council
study. However," they have : no
vote.
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The United States in Sentem-
ber, 1950, voted against inviting
Red China to attend Securitv
Council consideration of a Red
complaint that the United States
had "committed ; aggression"
against Formosa. The invitation
went out anyway, and Red Chin
ese Gen. Wu Hsiu-Chuan came
to this country for the debate.
Moscow -r-U.R) ' Britain and
France today rejected Soviet
complaints against German re
armament contained in Russia's
December notes threatening to
cancel friendship ' treaties with
the two nations.
IWysfrory Man
Another Confess Under I7ay
W. D. .Mearns,! Paradise mo
tel. Talent, won a host of prizes
when he correctly identified the
March of Dimes Mystery Man as
Dr. lmo Stevenson," president
of Southern Oregon college at
Ashland. Mearns made the iden-
POLIO'S MT8TE3T MAIT -Came
To Valley la 1925
tification when - he .was called
last night The contest had been
the longest in the current Mys
terr Man series and many prizes
had accumulated. A prize c at
r . 1 !
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Joint Committees
In Senate Approve
Defense of Formosa
Sen. Morse Dissents;
Senate in Debate ' ;
Washington (U.R) Two Sen
ate committees today jointly ap
proved President I Eisenhower's
"fight if' necessary, proposal to
defend - Formosa against Invas.
ion by Communist Quna. .
-The vote was 26 to 2. Sens.
William Langer (R-N.D) and
Wayne Morse (Ind.-Ore.) dissent-
The action by. the' combined "
Senate Foreign Relations and
Armed Service committees came
two days after Mr. Eisenhower
asked; Congress to ? give him
blanky check authority to ,- use
American armed forces if nec
essary to defend the Chinese Na
tionalist stronghold.
The House yesterady approved
409 to 3, an identical resolution.
Reject Amendments 't. U 1
Debate on the momentous res
olution began immediately on
the Senate; floor after the com
mittees'. action was disclosed.
- The combined Senate commit,
tees rejected, 20 to 8, an amend
ment by Sen. Hubert H. Hum
phrey (D-Minn.) and a complete
substitute by Sen. Estes Kefau
ver (D-Tenn). , - v -
Kefauvers proposal would
have limited separate U. S.' ac
tion to Formosa and thePesca
dores, eliminating the possibility
that Quemoy and Matsu islands
could be included in the neces
sary defense area. It also called
for working through the United
Nations in an effort to settle the
problem. It would have author
ized the President to take mili
tary action to defend Formosa
and the Pescadores "pending
effective action by the , United
Nations. ; !
Humphrey V sjnendment also
.was aimed at eliminating Que-
moy and Matsu islands by elim
inating language to permit U. S.
defense of "related positions and
territories."
'Step Toward War , f ,
It was understood that Hum
phrey's proposal was designed to
meet objections, attributed to
Matthew B. ' Ridgway, Army
chief staff, yesterdajrtnst V, ,
S. ground forces are JibV too
thinly spread to be committed
to the defense of Quemoy.'
Langer told reporters he op
posed the resolution because ha
thinks it might be "a sten to.
ward war" and because there im
nothing in it to prevent sending
U. S. , troops onto the Chines
mainland. He said it also raises
questions whether 4 the United
States will be interfering in a
Chinese civil war; : - .
. ,l f - jC T i in
Ssfbr end Duycr of
rcns Oolh Finsd
A store operator and a vmitt.
ful customer .were .both fined
yesterday in k district court on
liquor ' violations, according to
court records.
Gladys L. Pritchard. Tolman
creek1 rd., Ashland, operator of
the Pritchard grocery, pleaded
guilty to a charge of selling li
quor to a minor, and was fined
$25 and $5 costs. :
The purchaser. Kenneth Ben
ton Glaspie, 20, route 1, box
476A, Ashland, : was charged
with illegal possession of intoxi
cating liquor, and fined $20 and
$5 costs. ?
Both -complaints were signed
by a representative of the Ore
gon Liquor Control commission.
Id envi vied; ;
least $10 in value is added each
day.that the Mystery Man re
mains unidentified. ,
- Bob Smith, county March of
Dimes chairman, has announced
a new contest, starting today. '
The new Mystery Man, shown
here, was born in the Evergreen
state in 1906. He received his
education in the Rose City, is
married and is a father. He came
to the Rogue Valley in 1925. The
first clue to his identity is "An
imals that roar are not always
dangerous.'. A new clue' will be
added each day until his identity
is guessed.' ;."
' The first prize is the choice ,
of any pair of Florsheim shoes
from Robinson Brother's Men's
store. .', ''y. v. y
Persons desiring to enter the
contest are aske to send their
name, address and telephone'
number to March of Dimes Mys- "
tery Man cpntest, PO Box S31,:
Medford. A telephone call will
be: made each" night with tho
name to be called drawn from
those who. have entered the con-,
test. A coupon lor convenience
cf those entering the contest rp-
pears on page 7. .
Tonight's call comes from sta
tion KYJC at 83 1 pjn. an!'
Thursday's call will bs frr-j rtJ
ta ttHl IX C:15 zz.
A