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r-1 V 1 -i 4 I i 8 ' -2 3 r Civil Suit Filed For Damages From Vehicle Accident ' William I. Honeyball, Grants Pass, has filed suit in circuit court here for more than $6,000 against three ' drivers and the owner of a freight truck invol ved in a fatal accident 18 - months ago. One of the four defendants is Mrs. Betty Lee Hi His, 43, Rogue River, daughter of Mrs. Adele Purrier, 61, Rogue River, who died ' of injuries received in the, accident. Mrs. Hillis re ceived multiple injuries in the - crash; ; - Other- defendants - are -Albert , Leonard Forsythe, 61, of route .1, box. 198, Talent; Fred Davis, - 60, San Francisco, and California ' Trucking Service, Redwood CityCalif. - .. . Driver Not Named The California Trucking Serv ice 'tractor and semi-trailer ce . ment hauler was driven by Cleo Bailey Peters,- 47, Grants Pass, wh is not named in the com- plaint. ' Honeyball 'was owner of a truck,, driven by Jack Asher, 25, , . Grants Pass, which was involved in the six vehicle smashup. Co g plaintiff is Truck Insurance Ex 's, change.' ?t; Vv: ::kr: Driver of the sixth car, which is not involved in the complaint, was Maybelle . Hens oh, 58, "Wolf Creek. .'. Honeyball charges ; negligence on the part of the four defend ants. He seeks $3,782.03 for dam ages to his truck, and $2,339.07 special damages. .' v Attorney for the plaintiffs is ' Warren Lesseg, Medford. Canning Pear Association Details Being Drafted Portland U.R) Details of a three-state Pacific Coast Canning Pear Association are being worked out for presentation this spring, an industry spokesman said here yesterday. Oregon, Washington and California Bart lett growers would compose the association. . " :-?'y'-. OPEN TifJISHTr.. 'TIL 9 P. M. TAKES THE DRUDGERY OUT OF WASHDAY WITH THIS NEW (MooaAwn (95 $10 Down U W $8 Month uc ONIV AUTO10 MATCHING AUTOMATIC 1 A Safe Place To Buy Appliances Plague of (.ocusf s In Morocco Leaves Wake of Destruction - Casablanca, Morocco U.PJ A plague of locusts which de scended on Morocco last Novem ber has assumed the proportions of a disaster. , In 11 weeks the. hordes of evil-smelling, four inch insects have eaten their way through 300 miles of' fertile country. They have brought ruin to thou sands of Arab farmers. Science Fails Modern science has failed even to diminish their countless numbers. French authorities say the : only hope of ending the plague lies in a sudden, sharp cold wave or a wind which will blow the locusts out to sea. : ' Some of the swarms, drifting with the wind, are 20 miles long and 10 miles wide. They may SOC Students Plan For W Meeting 'Ashland A group of South erner egon college students have 'been" preparing for. sev eral months for the regional Model United Nations ta be held in San Francisco this spring, according to Dr. Donald. Mac Dougall, assistant professor of social .science. ... : Chairman of this year's SOC delegation will be Jim Kenneth, Medford, who also is president of the SOC student body. :v ,The Southern? Oregon college group will represent The Nether lands at the regional session. In past years, SOC students have represented the Union of South Africa, and Yugoslavia; Only other member of the SOC delegation chosen . so far is, Bob Matthews, Myrtle Creek, president o'f . the 'SOC - Interna tional R e 1 a t i o n s. club, from which membership of the dele gation' is :. drawn. - The Model UN session will be held on the campus of San Francisco State college early in ApriL i - Americans consume about 60, 000,000 pounds of mushrooms annually. ( . . .-.'.(.... - .... ; . . r . , ,"": ...,. . ... V- .. . vt'jw . .' . " . " - '" ,. '. " (...- . " - . . - 1 if' s L - SRAKTO0 WASHIN8 : XENTIIC AGITATION 0VKF10W IINSIN6 inn fKPTn extend in depth from grasstop level to' an altitude of 800 feet. The Arabs call them "the red typhoon." . - The locusts can eat a cabbage in 30 seconds. They will strip an orange . tree, bare in 10 min utes, and destroy a 30 acre to mato patch in less than that. ' Even Bile- Children -' ; ' : They are so voracious that they bite children on the lips and ears, and attack poultry and small livestock. v ; : - j Eighty airplanes and 40 heli copters, many of them American from 1 the .United States Air Force, base' at Ben Guerir near here, hundreds of, trucks and thousands of men have been mo bilized to spray the plague areas with insecticides, but to no avail. Flame throwers and bulldoz ers, driven over the ground cov ered by1 locusts, have failed like wise to end the pest. The. farmers, their faith in modern methods gone, beat on drums and iron kettles in hope of frightening ' the locusts: and light evil-smelling fires to drive, them away. ' They also eat the locusts, cooking them in butter or oil after stripping off their wings. Worst Plague Since 1867; i It is the worst locust plague since 1867. The ; locusts are ; of the seven-year cycle--they ap pear each year for seven, years, then disappearfor, seven years. This is the second year of a cycle of visitation. The locusts come from the in terior of . Africa. Normally, they are stopped by the Sahara Des ert and the towering Atlas Mountains. But this year, on the wind, they came across the des ert and the mountains, i iln one area they; ate an esti mated '14,000,000 pounds of or anges in less than five days. Two hundred out oi each 1000 acres of x crops: were - destroyed. The rest suffered 50 to 75 per cent damage. , Authorities say it will be five years before the Sous Valley farmers recover, and that it will be two years or more before the orange trees again bear fruit in marketable quantities. V 5 Down, ? 7 Month I Bad Check Passers Discussed by FBI Agent for Rotary : The difficulty of coping - with those, who are experts -in bad check- passing was- explained to members of the Medford Rotary club here Tuesday by J.' A. Ber nard, -head :of the Federal Bureau- of Investigation in Fort land. -J - - v - - " Speaking at a luncheon meet ing : at - the : Jackson' hotel, Ber nard, "who - was . formerly - con nected 1 with: .the "FBI headquar ters in Washington, .D.Cy and Bureau offices in' several- U.S. cities,- explained .that the inter state - transportiition of - stolen property - act "places big scale fraudulent check passing in the jurisdiction of , his-organization. Three Categories ' ' There are, the speaker said, usually three categories of pass ers' of 'bad' checks: ' those who make an : honest . mistake, the Saturday night free-spender who tries to rectify his error later on, and those who make their living at the dubious profession. The latter are generally self confident,' keen students of psy chology, .and usually appear to be exactly, what they represent when attempting to gain confi dence of 'their victims. The FBI official recited the case of George Frederick Doug las, whose check-passing activi ties " took him to almost . every state of 'the Union, - involved more . than $1,000,000 in bank transactions and netted a profit well over $100,000 before he was ' apprehended. .Courtney Townsend Taylor, another prin cipal hi a' difficult check-passing case bandied by the FBI, was an expert printer; and prepared all letterheads, checks and ere dentials used in his operations. Most on -File Most of the fraudulent checks in FBI files were passed by in dividuals whose fingerprints- are on record in the Bureau's crimi nal file. . Those who are suspi cious to unfamiliar check pass ers were advised to examine and try to verify credentials, at tempt to secure 'car licenses, and not hesitate to check with local police offices. The speaker was . introduced by Rotary program chairman Frank J. VanDyke. Communist Leader Declared Guilty v Chicago (U.R) A federal jury today found Claude Light foot, executive secretary ot the Communist party in Illinois, guil ty of, a violation of the Smith Act. The 45-year-old Negro was the first Communist ' party . leader tried under an untested section of the Smith Act which . makes membership in an organization which teaches or advocates the violent overthrow of the gov ernment illegal, , providing the person is aware of the organiza tion's aims. . The 81 Communist party lead ers previously' convicted under the act were charged under an other section which makes it a crime to conspire to organize such a group.",- ' - Stars JET FY SIZES 10 TO 18 r - j v- v. is t Bills in Legisldure Salem (U.PJ A measure to give the state public utilities commissioner authority, to regu--late decreases as well as in crease in rate charged by rail roads, barge lines and trucks in intrastate traffic in Oregon has been introduced in the Oregon Pioneer Trucker , Will Be Honored Archie C. Pierce, president of Pierce Freight Lines, Inc., 795 South -Riverside ave., will be honored Feb. 2 at a meeting of the 25-Year club at- Coronado, Calif.,; it was announced today. The banquet meeting w ill open the 1955 . convention of California T r u c k in g Associa tions, Inc. ? -t. : - Pierce, who has played a lead ing role in development of the trucking industry in the Pacific Coast states, will be one of 50 motor carrier operators who will receive recognition. All others are Californians. - More than 1,000 delegates are expected to attend the four-day convention. v - Principal speakers will be Gov. Goodwin J. Knight, of Cali fornia, and Neil J: Curry, presi dent of the American Trucking Association, Inc., Jackson County Third In Receipts for MOD ' Jackson county-ranked third, behind , Multomah and Douglas counties, in total , combined re ceipts in the January, 1954, and August, 1954, March of Dimes, according to figures released by the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis. Jackson county's combined total of $44,504.96 followed Multnomah county with ' $285, 137.93. and Douglas county with $46,260.91. ' , . ; Per capita figure of .7606 made Jackson county fourth in the state in that department, the figures showed. Highest per cap ita figure in the. state-.- was chalked up by Sherman county with $1.1543. Second place went to Gilliam county with $1.0201 and third place went to Douglas county with .8481. '( Oregoh combined receipts to taled $766,685.54, a per capita total of .5040. National totals were $66,840,339.52, a per capita total of .4435. Phoenix Dance To Aid March of Dimes Fund rt: Phoenix A March of - Dimes dance will be held at Phoenix Community club on Friday, Jan. 28, with dancing f: from 9 pjn. to 1 a.m., it has been announced by the sponsoring Phoenix Lady Lions club. - Music will be. provided with out charge by Bobby Champion and his Melody Wranglers. Patty and Dianne Ryan, Medford vo calists, - will appear with the band, the sponsors said.- - Admission ' to the dance will be a contribution to the polio fund, it was stated. . for SPRING! BLACK GABARDINE SKIRT This wonderful skirt is an all ; : purpose skirt that is semi-full : for comfort and easy fit. See this skirt today! 5 S95 Use your . charge account or our lay away plan! 21' N. CENTRAL .Wednesday, January 28 1953 . ; . Senate and; is- expected to be one ; of the controversial meas ures of the session. - - - 1 ' Under persent 'law the public utilities commissioner . h a s au thority nly to j-r eg u late in creases in intrastate rates.- The bill is expected to have, the back ing of- truck and barge -operators and opposition of railroad oper ators. .- . , - , .Salem (U.R) A bill intro duced in the House would allow movement of farm", vehicles on highways, making them; subject to 'a"reasonable -and-prudent" rule regarding width,' length and height. i : . l Salem U.R) Rep.: Walter Pearson (D-Portland) has' intro duced a bill i in theHouse r pro vidmg -for an assistant to . the Multnomah county board of com missioners. The off icer would rer ceivet$6,000.-, I ( Great SMS 1 I II I ... fill UUnl PLEASEOnIy One to a Customer! USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN FOR THE SPRING GRADUATE fain Goldy Building mm mm 3f ,4 'Vy '.MEDFORD (ORECOlf) MAIL TRI8UTS THSZ3 CiVcus Schedules Tiro SHoys Here Thursday Tomorrow will be circus day in Medford. T v...:." - ! ; Two' performances, at 4 and 8 p.m.,r of the Kaye Brothers circus have been scheduled for the 'Medford High school audi toriunu iThe performances are being sponsored by. the Medford 20-30 club. - ' ' - ' ; r Eighteen .' acts xare slated for each performance. They will in clude aerial acts, acrobats, per forming dogs and ponies, a baby elephant, and clowns. , . j 1 Tickets wiU be available at the door . TOOK BOOT, TOO - r.i Denver . (U.R) Police, bent on collecting ' '.parking' ' fines, clamped an ''iron boot" .on - a parked automobile -Tuesday. 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