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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE 0 3l0392gi? life GEO Q3i33ni cms taw WJM) I OlE Thuriday, February 10. 1953 Paf rof man 'Breaks Train of Thought' To Prevent Golden Gate Bridge Suicides San Francisco (U.R) A Cal ifornia highway patrolman who figures he has helped prevent more than 250 suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge said today the way to do it is to "break their train of thought." Once he even threatened to shoot a would-be jumper. The man came down. Each Different Problem "Each one is a different prob lem and has to be handled dif ferently," said Patrolman James A. Morgan. "But the one thing that always works is distracting the person from his purpose." - Morgan, 43, is a veteran of 18 years with the California High way Department. He has worked in a patrol car out of the Golden Gate Bridge office for the past 10 years, and blocking suicide attempts is part of the routine. ' Official records show that about. 135 persons have taken a fatal 220-foot "plunge from the world's longest suspension bridge into San Francisco Bay since 1937,'when the bridge was opened. Morgan believes the figure is too .low. Doubtful Cases "If there is any doubt about a case it isn't listed in the rec ords," he said. "I've seen more than a hundred go over the side myself." Morgan believes there is a definite pattern in Golden, Gate suicides. Most of them occur be tween 11 p.m." and 3 a.m. The weather usually has been de pressing. And, mysteriously, it is more than likely , "three days on either side of the wane of the moont" "A person's resistance is low est after 11 o'clock at night," the patrolman said. "On top of that, a lot of them- come out after they've been drinking all evening to get courage to jump." From his bridge-rail observ tions Morgan has concluded more men than women try to Jersey Cattle Club Schedules Meeting A program for milk producers of southern Oregon is planned for the February meeting of the Rogue River Jersey Cattle club, whose membership includes Jer sey breeders of both Jackson and Josephine counties. Guest speaker at the session, to be held Sudnay, Feb. 13, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Poyer, 186 Weightman st., Ash land, will be Lynn Bramkamp, manager of the California Milk Producers Federation, with head quarters in Sacramento. He will discuss California's milk control law . and statewide producer or ganization. The customary busi ness session of the club will also be-' held with president D. -W. Mongold occupying the chair. Both the meeting and the noon potluck luncheon which precedes it are open to anyone wishing to attend. Those planning to come to the luncheon are asked to bring food and their own table service. MEN KEEP TEETH - - Chicago (U.R) Women may live longer than men; but men keep their, teeth longer. A re port to the Chicago Dental So ciety revealed 80 per cent of the women at age 70 need complete dentures as compared to 70 per cent of the men. Heart Operation . Over, Boy To Start School on Monday ' Applegate Jimmy Christen sen, 8, who has been released from a California hospital after recovering from a serious heart operation, has returned to his Applegate home. Jimmy's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Arion Chris tensen, state that he expects to return to the third grade at Ap plegate school next Monday. The boy was hospitalized for a month after the operation, dur ing which surgeous at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, trans planted a blood vessel from his shoulder to the region of the heart in order that it might func tion properly. Mrs. Christensen reports that during Jimmy's stay in the hospital, five other pa tients from all parts of the United States underwent delicate heart .surgery at St. John's hos pital, where surgeons specialize in heart cases. ! Neighbors Assist. , Mrs. Christensen said Tuesday that during the family's stay in California neighbors cared for the stock on their cattle ranch, and that before their return, women of the j neighborhood cleaned the house and put every thing in' readiness for their ar rival. Earlier friends from var ious parts of the county had spon sored a community dance at which more than $200 was col lected and given to Jimmy for his "heart fund,", and she said the entire family is deeply grate ful for the kindness and gener osity of all who had helped; them. . Jimmy has . an older brother, 11, and a younger brother who is 3 years old. v . CLIMBER TRIPS Oxnard, Calif. - (U.R) Ex pert mountain climber, Carl Thomsen, who crossed the Andes 11 times without incident, post poned his scheduled speech at Brittell Elementary School when he tripped on the school steps and dislocated his shoulder. :v . DISHPAN HANDS Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) Dr. John H. Lamb ol Oklahoma City, Okla., has a way for house wives to avoid "dishpan hands." Soak the hands 30 to 40 minutes a day in a solution of six or eight teaspoons of vinegar in one quart of water. dive off the bridge, and domes tic trouble is the most common motive behind the attempt. This is followed by financial woe and illness. . Distract Them "If you can distract them somehow from what they're try ing to do you can usually save them," he said. . "This one guy comes out one night and I spot him on the rail in the center of the bridge. I tell him to get down and he says he won't. So I pull out my service revolver and point it at him and say 'If you don't come down I'll shoot you.' "The thought of being shot scares hell out of him. He for gets all about jumping in the bay." Morgan's job has its danger ous moments. More than once he has engaged in perilous wrestling matches with people poised on 'the brink of death. "They've got superhuman strength when they're like that," he said. Job Has Rewards The job has its rewards, too. Once Morgan pulled back a 15-year-old girl who was pregnant and said she wanted to "get even" with her boy friend by killing herself. "I told her that was exactly what the guy wanted to get rid of her. I told her the best way to get even with him was to stay alive," the patrolman said. The girl is happily married now and has four children. She sends .Morgan a Christmas pres ent every year. . ' i MILITARY PAY BOOST Admiral Arthur Radford (left) Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secy. Charles Wilson appear before a House Armed Services Subcommittee in support of : Administration's proposed $729,660,000 a year military pay boost. Wilson said that pay now is inadequate. Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY . . United Press Correspondent Voluntary Mortgage Credit Program Starts ; Portland The voluntary home mortgage credit program of the federal Housing and Home Finance agency got under way yesterday. An office is being opened in the post office build ing here. The program set up under the HHFA to assist prospectiye home buyers or builders in financing wjien other sources are unavail able, operates ,by facilitating the flow, of mortgage .. money from areas or ' regions .where . such money" is plentiful to others where it is scarce. The Portland office is for Region 15, , which covers the states of Oregon, Washington, northern Idaho and Alaska, with some exceptions. ' Home buyers or builders who cannot get local financing jan submit their, applications to the VHMCP office, which will then circulate the application to lend ers in other areas. SUNDAY WORK OK ' : Warwick, Va (U.R) The city council gave up trying to enforce a law prohibiting "un necessary"; work on Sunday when no one could define what work is "necessary." Hollywood U.R) To most b;ng compared to a big star is a fate worse than a drop ped option, but Richard Egan beams w h e n he's called the "New Clark Gable." Aline Mosby : Even Gable is a younger carbon copy. The resemblance was startling when 20th Century-Fox tested Egan, its new glamour boy, for a role in"a new Gable-Jane Rus sell epic. "They didn't know whether I should be Gable's brother or his rival in the picture," said Egan today. "So they tested me" in a mustache. . "When Gable saw me he said, 'Why, .there's my younger brother.' It was ..uncanny. We even have the same broadness in the shoulders," said the 'actor flexing his shoulder muscles. "The director said we looked like a twin act. ' "I don't think it's detrimental to be compared to a big star," he addedr . - ' "After all this guy has more appeal than any actor in the his tory of motion pictures." The deep-voiced, broad-shouldered bachelor is the only Gable type -among , the new leading men, most of whom are younger and own such names as Rock, Lance, Tab and Race. Now 23, Egan first got solid acting ex perience by teaching speech and drama at the University of San Francisco,, studying ,at Stanford and working in 20 plays in that YOUR FAVORITE With 10 MORE Food Value IS NOW AVAILABLE IN NEW CONVENIENT ft :J :M O rPW7"" few-bi. area. A Warners talent scout brought him .to Hollywood six years ago but Egan flunked screen tests at four studios be fore he finally won a contract at Universal-International. After a year, the studio fired him. ""They weren't interested in me," he shrugged. "But I al ways thought I was good. If you don't, you have to get out of the racket." Joan, Crawford encouraged Egan when he got a small role in one of her: pictures. So did pal Robert Mitchum, who in duced Jane Russell to choose Egan as her co-star in RKO's "Underwater!" That role, his first starring chance in an "A" movie, won him good parts at Fox and eventually a contract. "I don't, think the field is over-crowded with leading men" Egan reflected. "The big stars don't have time to look at all the . scripts brought to them." . Bills in Legislature ' Salem U.R) The Oregon House has voted unanimous ap proval of a Senate-passed reso lution backing President Eisen hower and the Congress for their stand on Formosa.' Salem U.R) The Oregon House has unanimously passed a Senate-approved resolution ex tending a formal invitation to) former President Herbert Hoov er to come to Newberg, Ore., Aug. 10, on his 81st birthday, when his former home, now re stored, will be dedicated as historical shrine. 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