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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'-.
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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
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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
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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.",- ' -
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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. .
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.Wednesday, January 28 1953
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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
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SHoys Here Thursday
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in Medford. T v...:." - !
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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 .
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Denver . (U.R) Police, bent
on collecting ' '.parking' ' fines,
clamped an ''iron boot" .on - a
parked automobile -Tuesday. La
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off the boot, threw it in th back
of the car and drove .off...... -
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