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Newspaper Page TextTOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MedfobdCwTribuxe "Everybody in Southern Oregon Beads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by 27-29 North fir St. Phone 2-6141 . HERB GREY. Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor HARRY CHIP MAN, Telegraph Editor OLIVE STARCHEK. Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MgT An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Msdford. Oregon, under Act ol March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail-In Advance: Per copy 10c DaiV ana sunaaj -.. 5 'Sn Daily and Sunday Shc montti 6.50 Dally ana aumaj-i" Daily and Sunday One month 1 .25 Sunday Only One year M.50. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Pomt. jlcksonville. Gold HM. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Bogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: DaUy and Sunday One year -Jg Daily and Sunday One month lo Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy X ci im - Cfficlal Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson Courty United Press Full Leased Wlre All Terms t-asn in anmuvii "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Advertising Representative averaging ncpi ecu t- .rnncm TrAT t mAV POWPANV INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITOIIAt ASVpCATll.N PUBLISHIRS 'ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 27, 1945 (It was Tuesday) Jerry Ross, Larry Hayes, Dar rell Riggs and Bob Watson of Medford high school basketball team named to first five of All Southern Oregon conference team. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: A federal sociologist finds "women surpass men in courage." In coming to this conclusion, the hats they are wearing, and the exposed midriff planned for . their sum mer dresses, were not considered 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 27, 1935 (It was Wednesday) William F. Isaacs, founder of the Toggery, pioneer Medford men's clothing store, observes 23rd anniversary in Dusiness here. Ucauu iuiiiu uvja gicc uuw members, including Richard Jewett, Clifford Conrad, Lyle Russell, Bill Snyder, George Merritt, Floyd Wooldridge, Sid ney Thurston, Edwin Gebbardt, Ronald Patterson, and Chester Kamberg, to perform at musical program at high school. t T-.-t 1 - 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 27, 1925 . (It was Friday) City of Medford purchases lit ter cans to be placed at all lead ing corners in the business dis trict. Real old fashioned hard times dance to be given at Modern Woodman hall, over Toggery P. loth in store 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 27. 18X5:....: . : (It was Saturday) nirlc nf nnrth Mpifnrrl nrffn- nize; roller skating society, and announce plans to skat to Cen tral Point on newly paved' Pa ' cific highway. "Ashland grows as Lithia flows" adopted as official slogan of city of Ashland. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. .1955, Editorial. Research Report 1. The .United Nations has 30, 45, 60, 75 or 90 member nations? 2. A floor trader on the N. Y. Stock Exchange must be a part ner in a member firm of the Exchange; right or wrong? 3. Average retail list price of electric stoves sold these days is around $50, $150, $350, or $450?.. . 4. Of every 100 unmarried girls.in the U. S. aged 20, more va. .kv t, vAiui4 V nu V ried some day?. ; ; " . 5. Average weekly earnings are higher in printing and pub lishing, textiles, cigarette fac tories, . ' canneries or lumber mills? 6. A man has run a mile in less than four minutes only out doors, only indoors,, or both in doors and outdoors? . : 7. Birthstone for February is amethyst, emerald, garnet, onyx, or ruby? ; The Answers: 1. 60. 2. Right. 3. Around $250. 4. More than . 90. 5. In printing and publishing. ; 6. Only outdoors. 7. Amethyst The United States will have 81,000,000 motor vehicles by ! 1965, the Automobile -club" of "' T 1 a: IZ2NIW,fAM, Km MAIL TRIBUNE Better Traffic Observance It is a pleasure to note that motor-driving in Med ford during the past year has improved. Just who or what is responsible we can't say, prob ably a combination of many things more newspaper publicity, more traffic-lights, better and more alert law enforcement, and various and sundry safety pro grams, over the air. AT ANY rate while conditions in this department " are far from perfect, there has been a remarkable improvement in a comparatively short time, for which we-all should be duly thankful. This improvement has been particularly marked in better observance of the ing the heretofore neglected and forgotten pedestrian. Most or at least many of the Medford cars really do come to a stop now when there is a pedes trian in the cross-walk. Give us time and perhaps some day we will be as good in this direction as California. R.W.R. Too Much Patience Once more President Eisenhower & the man who is supposed to represent him of California, disagree. The California Senator ineffective and can't be otherwise. The President disagrees, Nations should no more progress slowly than should cancer research pa tience and restraint should be exercised for progress is being made and in the right direction. As usual the President isn't. Patience is a . virtue but we believe the people of the country, as a whole would be happy if the Presi dent exercised less, when the senior Senator from California is concerned. R.W.R. Up To The Legislature The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce has endorsed a sales-tax for Oregon. The members are re ported to be practically unanimous. According to our information, the Jackson County delegation at Salem feels the same way about it, as does a majority of the Legislature. But it is also reported that if a sales tax is offered it will be voted down, not because the representatives of the people don't favor such a tax but because they believe it is unpopular. A S PREVIOUSLY stated in this department in tak " ing such a stand the members of the Legislature are shirking their plain responsibility. If after careful deliberation they believe such a tax is the best kind of tax to solve Oregon's financial difficulties then they should pass it. Because the tax has been beaten before does not necessarily mean it will be beaten again. For years the best tax of all the income tax was beaten in this state and in the nation, but it finally won out, because under the cir cumstances it was the best form of taxation available. IF THE; members of the Legislature believe this is true of the sales tax for Oregon they should pass the sales tax. If the people of the state wish to kill it by referen dum that is their business. It is the business of their representatives to pre sent the best form of tax relief they can devise, best for the state and therefore best for the people letting the chips fall where they may. R.W.R. Are The Reds Bluffing? It is interesting to note gate and our favorite news as iar as ea unma ana x ormosa are concerned. Alsop who has been over in the Far East several weeks and is now in Formosa, thinks Red China is not bluffing when it says it intends to capture For mosa and wipe out Chiang Kai-shek. Alsop is not as explicit as Dick. He doesn't name Spring or early summer as the zero hour, but he has no doubt that the attempt by Mao to take Formosa will be made and that those in this country who dis miss this as a "bluff" are guilty of "wishful thinking." THIS agreement between two young men who have ' spent considerable time in the Far East, studied the situation there first hand, and. en joy excellent reputa tions as keen and dependable reporters, does not necessarily prove them right even General MacAr thur, in judging the future actions of the Red Chinese, pulled a tragic boner. Bui if we were in Chief of Staff Radford's shoes we would give their opinions some serious consid eration. FOR while Admiral Radford, according to an inter- view in the US News and World report does not say directly the Chinese threat is a bluff, he must think it is, for he sees no danger of any all-out Red attack on Formosa or the mainland islands, thinks the Red Chinese are talking tough but don't intend to act tough, and looks forward to stabilization in the For mosa area if not a cease fire at least a sort of armed truce. LIIGHLY as we regard Messers Applegate and Alsop we hope they are proved wrong in this instance, and Radford is proved right. But we wouldn't advise anyone to wager too much on . it ! R.W.R. :. , , -. : .. Sunday, February 27. 19SS traffic regulations regard in the Senate, Knowland says the UN is pitifully and says that the United be condemned for making is right and Knowland that our own Dick Apple- columnist Joe Alsop agree Matter of Fact THE FIX WE'RE -IN Taipeh, Formosa It is high time for people at home to face the full seriousness of the fix 1 we are in out here in Asia. The leaders of world commu nism are now conducting an elaborate nerve war on the Formosa issue. It may be the prelude .; to a decisive show down. Or it Joseph Alsop may only be in tended ' to put the courage of the members of the Western Al liance to an acid test. V. - Either way, the danger to the United States is incalculably great. For. the Eisenhower ad ministration's foreign and de fense polipies have painted the United States-into an almost in escapable corner in Asia. - For two years, Washington has paid no attention to the preju dices, that hag-ride the Formosa issue in Britain and Western Europe. Only last week, Secre tary Dulles' important . speech received the usual acknowledge ments jubilation from Sen. Knowland and doleful cries from London. Even now, no serious effort is being made to form a united front in Asia with our allies. Thus the Communist nerve war has an excellent chance of isolat ing America on the issue of this controversial island. This would not be so dis turbing, if the Eisenhower ad ministration had ever bothered to match its bold talk with an equally bold defense policy. From Korea onwards, there has been a good case for going it alone to halt Communist aggres sion in Asia. But going it alone costs a lot of money for defense; and our defense policy has been made in the Treasury Depart ment. The result of simultaneous ef forts to please Sen. Knowland and Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey is the fix we are in. The key to that fix, well known to the world Communist leaders but concealed from our own peo ple, is the present status of the American Strategic Air Com mand. fJUR main weapon and almost " our only offensive weapon squarely depends upon its trans atlantic bases. The Strategic Air Command's transatlantic bases are controlled, not by us, but by our allies. If our allies part from us over Formosa, the bases will be denied to SAC. And if the bases are denied, SAC will still be able to fight, but SAC will be unable to strike the im mediate, decisive blow that it is SAC's vital job to strike. In fact you can express the practical effects of the success ful isolation of America in a crude equation. It equals denial of the transatlantic bases which equals the destruction of about half of Gen. LeMay's airplanes before the shooting even starts. Consider the shock, if the news came over the radio that half the great SAC force had just In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS If you don't mind, I'd like to talk today about beer. The story of beer in Oregon provides an interesting economic lesson. WHEN beer became legal ' (back in the early 1930) six breweries were opened in Ore gon. Two others were organized and financed, but were not built. Today ONLY ONE remains. CALIFORNIA has 18 big brew eries. Washington has six big brew eries. H OW come? Does Oregon lack the raw ma- terials required for the manu facture of beer? N O, it isn't that. The finest brewinff harlw In the nation is grown in the Klam ath Basin, which is the brewing barley capital of America. Oregon hops (hopes were once grown extensively in the Umpqua and Rogue River val leys of Southern Oregon) are equal to the best in the world. Oregon has a bountiful supply of pure water. Barley, hops and pure water are the basic raw materials from which beer is made. yHAT, then, IS the trouble? The trouble lies in unwise, unsound and uneconomic taxa tion. In California, the state tax on beer is 62 cents per barrel. In Washington it is $1 per bar rel. In Oregon it is $1.30 per barrel. This tax differential makes it unprofitable to manufacture beer in Oregon. 0 ,NE more word about beer. Beer is the chief nroHnrt nf breweries, but a highly import ant by-product is the residual LIVESTOCK FEED. Always around breweries, a big live stock feeding industry grows up. Oregon needs to FINISH FEED its livestock particular ly its cattle. In driving the breweries out By Joseph Alsop been destroyed by saboteurs. Imagine how the country would then feel about a final show down with Red China and the Soviet Union. And despite . the loud denials that will be heard from the Defense Department, remember that this will approxi mate the real situation if the Communists win their nerve war. These are the points that must be borne in mind, in weighing the present crisis. It is certainly conceivable that the Communist leaders seriously want a final showdown on Formosa, if they can just contrive to isolate America and thus to bend and blunt our main weapon. Molotov's grim speech seemed to say as much. German rearma ment provides a possible motive. And if the masters of the Krem lin really prefer fighting Amer ica to seeing Germscay rearmed, the ideal place to start the war is here in Asia, where there is such a gaping hole in the West ern Alliance. ' It is much more likely' that the communist leaders mean to carry their nerve war only as far as the nerve-shattering brink of final catastrophe. Even so, as matters stand now, they will still have a good chance of isolating America. And how will Presi dent Eisenhower choose, when he is not quite sure the enemy is really bluffing, and he has to make the choice between back ing down on Formosa or risking a big war with his main weapon half broken in his hand? rPHERE would be no need to ask such questions if we had pursued a different defense poli cy. But the only course now open is to take out disunity in surance. Let the American gov ernment, then, make a little speech to the British govern ment: "We will not abandon For mosa, because Formosa is stra tegically vital and such a sur render would bring the loss of all of Asia in its train. But if you can get a cease fire down the middle of the Formosa Strait in exchange for Quemoy and the Matsus, we will back you all the way. You have carte blanche to make a trade. On the other hand, if you cannot make a trade, we think it means the enemy intends to fight anyway. Then we see no reason to give away the off shore islands. And we hope you will back us." This would outrage Sen. Knowland, not to mention the same newspapers and magazines which have professed to see per fection in the defense policy that has put us in our present fix. But it would also get us out of the fix. For such a gesture would give Prime Minister ChurchiU and Foreign Secretary Eden just the help they need in their rather courageous efforts to cope with British public opinion. It would almost certainly prevent the isolation which is now the great danger. And in the end, even those who dislike the cease fire idea would probably be hap py. For there, is no reason to suppose that the terms which re store Western unity would be ac cepted by the Communists. (Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) News of our state, we have deprived ourselves of a valuable source of livestock feed. YOU may think that beer is BAD and should be done away with. If so, I have no quarrel with you. Whether beer is bad or good for people is a moral issue, and everybody is entitled to his opinion on it. I have sought to deal here only with the economic aspects of the manufacture of beer. The fact is that people DO drink beer in Oregon. Morally, it is no worse to drink beer made in Oregon than to drink beer made elsewhere. BY setting the barrelage tax on beer TOO HIGH, we have driven aU the breweries but one out of our' state and it seems probable that even the one that remains will be driven out. Thus, taxwise, we have killed the goose that , laid the golden egg. By setting the barrelage tax too high, we have REDUC ED instead of increased our in come from the tax on beer. AT the same time, we have de nied ourselves the other tax advantages that come with in creasing industrial development. Breweries not only pay a bar? relage tax on their beer output. They pay income taxes on their net profits. They pay property tax on their plants. Their em ployees pay taxes on their in comes and on their property. ; But ' ' ' . '. i We can't get tax revenues from industries that DON'T COME TO OREGON. 1- THINK our - tax structure in Oregon should be given some very careful thought in the next few years. It is highly probable that-what has. happened in the case of beer has happened in the case of many other industries that MIGHT have come to our state if the industrial tax cli mate in Oregon had been more favorable. If so, we have been HURT ING ourselves instead of HELP ING ourselves, because by dis couraging the investment qf millions of "dollars " (perhaps Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain . circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Students Oppose Liquor To the Editor: Concerning your article on the council meet ing run by student government: I believe you left out the most important motion passed. In fact, of the two motions actually passed by the students in con nection with the city, this was the only one that was unanimous. The vote on the mayor's salary was 7-1 with Pat Reed voting the negative. The motion of course is this one; ' "This council in coordinance with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, should prevent the granting of further licenses to establishments allowing liquor by the drink." I was sorry that the people of Medford did not see what their youth are in favor of. Stanley Culy, Student Councilman From Ward 2 Radar Car Impresses To the Editor: The Medford Safety Council wishes to ex press its appreciation for your assistance during the recent showing of the Eugene Radar Car to the people of Medford. Without your assistance, it would have been very hard to demon strate this unit to so many people. You might be interested in knowing that the entire Medford Police Department is of the opin ion that the acquiring of such a unit for the City of Medford would slow traffic considerably and thus prevent a number of accidents. Also, the comments of others who saw the unit were very favorable toward acquiring one for the city. Once more, we sincerely ap preciate your cooperation. A. N. Loper, Secretary, Medford . Safety Council Information Wanted To the Editor: While I lived in Medford, a group of like minded persons used to meet each week and I have missed this very much since I left town, However, Ed Danrich, who took charge, also published the little magazine, The ChaUenge and after I left Medford I continued writing for it. Now the Chal lenge has gone out of business and so has the group ceased meeting, for aU I know. I hope that I can contact those of this group who- know me, for they might feel the loss as much as I do. I want to ask my friends, through "the Mail Tribune to write me regarding this and I will appreciate you giving this letter space in the paper. . John M. Bush, 1 Clinton Ave., Montclair, N. J. Against Gun Restriction To the Editor: I was interested in Phil Lowry's proposed bill to outlaw firearms in certain re stricted areas. He cited as an example, the very tragic acci dent of the Minear boy. How ridiculous can you get? Hundreds of children are kill ed every year by automobiles. Does Mr. Lowry also contem plate prohibiting the use of auto mobiles wherever a fatal acci dent has occurred?. I think not. R. A. Tilley, P. O. Box 453, . Jacksonville; Ore. Elks Appreciative To the Editor: Youth Govern ment Day, a program of instruc tion for the high school seniors of Jackson county, is sponsored by the Medford Elks Lodge. Each year the success of this day de pends to a great degree on the i cooperation of many individuals and organizations. The Elks Lodge is pleased to sponsor this day for our youth' of the county and wish to convey our thanks to aU who participated. We are grateful that the news paper you represent has given us a complete coverage of our plans and has reported all events as they occurred. We also wish to thank the radio broadcasting stations KYJC and KMED and television station KBES-TV, for the oppor tunity to visit their plants and the broadcast time given us. The city and county, officials and the school personnel ' were generous with their time and as sistance and are deserving of our gratitude. The tour of the interesting governmental installations and the broadcasting stations was made in private automobiles. Mrs. Melvina Little, who is chair man of the ladies activities for the Elks, spent considerable time in organizing this tour and secur ing the drivers. . Mrs. Jo Anne Smith of the Medford high school and Mrs. Una B. Inch, assistant school su- hundreds of millions of dollars) in hew industrial plants (with their accompanying payrolls) we have denied ourselves the benefits that could come to us through normal taxation of these new plants which would have represented NEW wealth. It is worth repeating that we can't tax new wealth THAT DOESN'T COME TO OREGON. POT LUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) A member of the Medford Council of Parents and Teach ers called the newsroom last week to see if she could borrow our copy of Senate Bill 302, hav ing to do with physical educa tion. We dug it out of our clutter bill file, and held it for her. It says, in full: "Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: Section 1. ORS 336.190, 336.200, 336. 210 and 336.220 are repealed." End of bill. We hope she can find a lawyer to tell her what the bill will do. The following news item. In lis entirely, if from 'the San Francisco Examiner: "Newark, N.J. Photo grapher Melvin Waiss, 32, of Glen Oaks, N.Y., poked his head under the black cloth shield of his tripod mounted camera preparing to take . picture of a store front. Wonder what became of Melvin after that? Been lots of cougar stories lately. Some claim hunters have killed "the biggest cats" here or there. One recent one from Kla math Falls bragged on a seven foot cougar, and another on an eight-footer near Elk creek. Comes now a contributor to teU about Government Hunter Kirby Tant, who recently came m with a male cougar measur ing 8 feet 4 inches. Six walker dogs, "just common old hounds, some might call them pot lick- ers, assisted him, our inform ant says. The dogs.MusuaUy get the job done even without pa pers, she. added. The hunter has reported he's caught other larger ones, some weU over 9 feet. A lady called the office last week with a pleased, "isn't this nice" tone of voice. She Is That So? Curiosity, a lively inquisitive ness, is one of the strongest drives in mammals particularly in those which are intelligent. To satisfy their insatiable cur iosity, some animals seek van tage points. Perhaps that is why raccoons sometimes climb to the very tip-top of trees, or why a bear crawls far out on a limb to scan the surrounding territory. A mountain sheep wiU climb a rise to overlook a range and a deer, a hillock. A giraffe may stand almost tip-toe to raise his his natural periscope just a bit higher to investigate anything which has aroused his suspicions. ; Shorter animals are not to be outdone. To summon the last quarter inch of height a prairie dog sits on a mound and raises himself on his hind legs the better to see over the grass tops Should he scamper into his bur row at the first sound of danger, rest assured he'll pause at his guard station, just beneath the surface, and within minutes pop up to satisfy his burning curios ity. , A weasel which may have ducked into a mouse's gallery, too, is compelled to poke her sharp face out to satisfy their curiosity. A jackrabbit, bound ing full tilt, often throws on his brakes to stop, look and listen when you whistle sharply. A startled mule deer may leap out of his form, jump stiff-legged a hundred feet or more at a furious clip, and then foolishly stop and look back to gratify his consum ing passion his curiosity. Watched Pack Mule A friend has told me that he has brought an antelope within range by simply lying on his back and kicking up his heels, waving them in the air. I haven't tried that yet frankly, I have been afraid that someone besides an antelope might catch me in this ridiculous posture. I know - of one instance in which .a mountain sheep stood on lava crest for almost 20 min utes apparently gazing spell bound at a pack mule burdened with a horned sheep's head giv ing a hunter enough time to hurry back to camp, get a rifle, and finish him off. In domestic animals, where fear has been more tempered than in the wild, inquisitiveness. is the rule. Horses, cattle, dogs, and cats aU turn aside to inves tigate something strange and new.- Even chickens and ducks set up a clamor as they follow some strange animal in their en closure. But then, don't even wild ducks and geese swoop down to investigate decoys which have been set out by hunters? In the wild, this curiosity some times leads to death the curious victim falling, to a predator, or more, often to a rifle. Why then perintendent of Jackson county, are always very active in the formation of our plans and the work necessary, to make - Youth Government Day a success. To them we extend our thanks. Each year we ' have enlarged this program and; given the help and cooperation we received this year, we shall continue to extend to these students an opportunity to become better acquainted with our local government. , Frank T. Hussong, . Exalted Ruler, Medford Lodge No. 1168, B.P.O. Elks was reporting on an incident which came out just right. She said that a colored ser viceman and his family were traveling north not long ago, got into a little accident in the Siskiyous and spent all their spare cash getting the car fixed. They asked for help at the Medford police . station, and, after a few 'phone calls, a church organisation provid ed them with $20. First thing, when he got back to his station in Wash ington, he mailed the same sum to the church just like that. A group of friends were visit ing with the S. L. Babbs, 26 Lew is st. one evening last week. They were watching television. All of a sudden crash one portion of the big four-section front window shattered. There was a clatter of glass, a flurry of wings, a rattle of veni tian blinds, then silence. A hen pheasant, apparently attracted by a porch light, had crashed into the window.-The blinds apparently prevented it from coming into the room, but two of the party had seen it heading their way. The fate of the pheasant is un known, for it was gone when they all went out to look. It es caped the frying pan, anyway. Capt. Donald Hemingway Jr.. Air Force Liaison officer here, could be, pardoned if he were to get confused in direc tion next month. He will take a course in air-ground coordi nated operations. To do this hell have to go EAST to HIGHland Pines Inn, SOUTHern Pines. NORTH Carolina. The way home will be WEST, captain. By Eugene Burns -Ranger-Naturalist does this curiosity persist? Way of Learning ; Curiosity or inquisitivenesss is a way of learning, and a very imporant one. It helps the young leam what is dangerous and to be avoided; what to eat, what to leave alone; where to find its food, when to stay away. In short, to those animals which get their . living from hunting or keep alive by evading capture, it is vitally important to . know, yet without being known. That is why to a hunter trailing a wild animal in the snow, its tracks will frequently disclose how it circled something new : and strange, cautiously but then the itch to know , will usually triumph and cause it to close in to investigate. Even though . curiosity has been credited with, killing the tabby, it has helped keep alive many a wildcat in fact, helped it lead a well-fed existence, that is, when curiosity was tempered with caution as it usually is in the wild. (Released b McCIure Newspaper Syndicate) - Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, a panel of judges, will award each week to the reader who sends me the best question on nature and wildlife a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week, new Questions will be considered. Sorry. I simolv can't answer your many friendly letters. Please . address" your questions to: IS THAT SO? co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Thomas Moore Gels Suspended Term Portland (U.R) Thomas . G. Moore, 42, one of four men con victed of contempt of Congres for refusing to answer certain questions before a House un American Activities Subcom mittee here last June, was let off with a suspended sentence Saturday. Moore, a Lbs Angeles con struction worker, was sentenced to six months imprisonment and fined $100, but . U. S. Judge George Boidt of Tacoma, sitting here, suspended both and placed Moore on three years probation. Three others received fines and prison sentences but all are free on $1500 bond pending ap peal. . , .- Judge Boldt said he was con vinced Moore was honestly mis taken in believing he was not required to answer, the ques tions and did not fully realize the implications. Moore formerly was in the fertilizer business in Oregon. tow Bid Submitted on - Yaquina Bay Jetty Work Portland i- (U.R) The Corps of Engineers announced Satur day that Pacific Bridge Company of San Francisco had submitted the low bid of $752,000 for re pairs to the north jetty entrance to Yaquina bay at Newport, Ore. The San Francsco firm's bid was more than $200,000 below the government estimate.