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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
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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
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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.
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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.