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TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, March 8, 1955 sus-case Two Cases Heard In Circuit Court ,.. Friday, Saturday One man was given a pended sentence and the against another was dismissed Saturday morning . in Jackson county circuit court. Larry William Irvin, 23, gen eral delivery, Medford, was sen tenced to one year in jail on a petty larceny charge. Judge E. H. Howell suspended the sen tence and placed Irvin on proba tion for three years. The case involved theft of $28 from Weter and Olson Shell service station, 1258 South Riv erside avenue on Feb. 14, ac cording to city police records. Irvin earlier had entered a guilty plea, district attorney rec ords showed. Waives Extradition Charles Edwin Joy, 22, Spo kane, Wash., has waived extra dition to Spokane, according to court reports, and charges of attempted burglary against him were "dismissed .Sheriff's depu ties said Joy is wanted in Spo kane on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Charges against Joy here in volved entry of the Eullock's Orthopedic Appliances quarters at 902 East Main st. last month, according to police information. Merrifield Submits Blood Test Measure Salem (U.R) Sen. John Merri field of Portland introduced a bill Friday which would require motorists suspected of drunken driving to take blood tests to keep their drivers' licenses. The proposal would make preconsent to a blood test a condition of issuance or renewal of a driver's license. It would not prohibit a drunk en driving suspect from refus ing to take a test. However, if he did so and was convicted the trial court would be required to notify the secretary of state which in turn would be required to suspend the driver's license for at least 90 days but not more than a year. The measure was advocated by Oregon Highway Lifesavers. Dead line Sunday Classined is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 Dreviousday. 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The defeated bill Anna Louise Strong Pleased by Russian Decision on Charge Los Angeles (U.R) Anna Lou ise Strong said Friday night she was "awfully glad" she had been cleared by Russia of spy charges and would be "delighted" to re turn to the Soviet Union. The 69-year-old American writer was arrested as a spy and expelled from Russia in 1949. Radio Moscow announced Friday that she had been framed by the late former Soviet Police Chief, Lavrenti Beria. Can't Understand It "I'm awfully glad this hap pened," Miss Strong said of the exoneration. "I never met Beria and I can't understand why he was blamed." The Nebraska - born Miss Strong said the charges had "wrecked my career." "I was on my way to China and had requests from 40 differ ent countries for articles," she said, "but all that stopped when they said I was a spy. "Of course, I will go back to Russia, if any newspaper, news agency or publishing house would like to send me to do a series of articles. I always knew this would come out in the open some day." 436 Motorists Lose Drivers' Licenses Salem U.R) A total of 436 Oregon motorists charged with traffic law violations lost their drivers' licenses in February, Secretary of State Earl T. New- bry said Saturday. License suspension followed court convictions in 333 cases, including drunk driving, hit and run, and driving while a pre vious license was suspended or revoked. An additional 98 licenses were suspended by discretionary action of the secretary of state's office. Fifty-eight of these dri vers failed to report accidents. Thirteen drivers with records of repeated traffic convictions also received suspended licenses during the month. ' Oregon Motor Stages' Permit Revoked Salem (U.R) An order re voking the operating permit of Oregon Motor Stages was signed by Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel Saturday. It followed waiver by the company of notice and hearing on the revocation. Major services of Oregon Motor Stages previously were transferred to Pacific Greyhound Lines. The final service of OMS was between Portland and Ore gon City, now served by Inter city Bus Lines. would have continued the pres ent reappraisal program in the 36 counties, making a new ap praisal every four years manda tory and requiring that only ap praisers qualified by examina tion be used in the program. That proposal was defeated 31 to 25 by members who said it would relegate county assessors to the position of record clerks and give a disproportionate amount of authority to the State Tax Commission. Serious Challenge Only one other bill in the package was seriously but unsuc cessfully challenged. It would, if passed by the Senate and signed by the governor, re-define the term true cash value on the basis of market value. That is defined in the bill as passed as "the highest price in terms of money which a property will bring when exposed for sale in the open market, with a reason able time allowed to find a pur chaser, buying with a full knowledge of all the uses and purposes for which it is capable of being used." Values determined on that definition would be the basis on General Motors Sets New Record For Car Deliveries Los Angeles (U.R) Harlow H. Curtice, president of General Motors, announced Saturday the corporations' five divisions set a new record for car deliveries in February for the second straight month. Curtice said GM's Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet and Pontiac divisions recorded 280,824 new car retail deliveries last month, an all time company high for February. A record 261,393 in retail deliveries was set during January. Deliveries for the two months totaled 542,078 and represented a 128.7 per cent of the previous two months high set in 1950 and 152.4 per cent of last year's fig ure, Curtice said. Curtice, who recently predict ed a record 7,500,000 unit pro duction for the industry in 1955 said "despite our current high rate of production, our dealers' stocks of cars continue to be ab normally low in relation to the rate of sales." ! Use Mail Tribune Want Ada First Six Months Were Toughest for State Sen, Hardie Salem (U.R) The Senate got the best laugh of the sea son when Sen. Eugene Allen (R-Portland) had a bill read Friday afternoon making il a matter of constitutional law to treat other people like farmers and "so-called agriculturists." Sen. Lowell Steen (R-Mil-ton - Freewaler), himself in agriculture, arose to say that if all people were to be treated like farmers, they would have to sell everything at whole sale and buy everything at retail. Sen. Stewart Hardie (R Condon) arose to cay with a serious face thai farmers were hard - working people. He knew, because he worked on a farm from the time he was born until he was 20 years old. Sen. Allen asked him: "You say you worked from the day you were born: "Tell me. Sen alor, what did you do the first day?" Sen. Hardie hesitated a moment, then brought the house down with: "Well, for the first six months, I did the milking!" which county assessors would levy and collect property taxes. The definition was adopted by a vote of 34 to 24. Fine Discussed In other floor action Friday, the House passed a bill giving Justice Courts the same author ity now enjoyed by District Courts and Circuit Courts in suspending fines and sentences where such leniency appears to be in the public interest. Another bill would exempt district attorneys from the law which requires vacancies to be filled by appointment from the same party as the vacating offi cial. Rep. Harvey DeArmond (R Bend) asked for approval of the measure with the emergency be cause of a situation in Crook county where . the Democratic district attorney wishes to re sign and there are no Democratic attorneys to replace him. Referred To Committee On motion of Sen. John P. Hounsell (R-Hood River), chair man of the Senate Committee on Alcoholic Traffic, the Senate Saturday referred to its judiciary committee a measure to permit private clubs, not serving the general public, to serve liquor by the drink, whether they serve food or not. Language of the measure had been 'questioned, and it lost by a tie vote Friday. But Sen. Hounsell changed his vote from aye to no which gave him the opportunity to move to reconsider yesterday. Another measure which was retrieved, at least temporarily, was one to permit the Oregon Development Commission to do limited advertising to promote industry in this state. It, also, had lost by a tie vote. Sen. John C. F. Merrifield (R-Portland) changed his vote to no, and Sat urday moved to reconsider. The Senate so voted, and the measure will be up for final action Monday. Pickford Planning Finish Fight on Studio Ownership HOLLYWOOD (U.R) Retired film star Mary Pickford says she fully intends to finish her court battle with Samuel Goldwyn ov er ownership of a motion picture studio. "I always finish a fight, but I have never started one," Miss Pickford told a press conference Friday. Miss Pickford owns slightly more than half interest in the Samuel Goldwyn Studios and has been involved in a drawn out court battle over operation and ownership of the property. Up For Auction The studio, by court order, goes up for public auction April 2 and the actress indicated she intends to submit a sealed bid which will top all others. She has also asked Goldwyn for an accounting of studio finances during his operation of the prop erty. A hearing on her request is scheduled March 21. Miss Pickford also increased her ownership in United Artists Corp., last week to 33 13 per cent when comedian Charlie Chaplin sold his share of the studio. The actress said she and her husband, Buddy Rogers, plan to go into production of television and motion pictures. Two Oppose Change In Primary Dates Salem (U.R) A Democrat and a Republican spoke out Friday against a proposed measure to change Oregon's primary elec tion from May to August at a hearing of the Senate Elections Committee. Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D Milwaukie) said he was against any change in the primary date. Sweetland is Democratic na tional committeeman for Ore gon. Mrs. Olive B. Cornett (R Klamath Falls), who is Repub lican national committeewoman, said she favored advancing the date 30 to 45 days but didn't want the primary held less than 30 days before the major politi cal conventions. Sweetland said the change would threaten Oregon's prefer ential primary system by which voters in each party state their choice for a presidential candi date. The bill was introduced by Sen. Pat Lonergan, Portland. , WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Fair and warmer north portion Sunday. The first ice cream sodas were served at the 27th Exhibition of American manufacturers in Phil adelphia in 1874. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station Sundays KWIN " 10:1 1400 K.C. A M- Services Planned for Portland Businessman Portland (U.R) Funeral services will be held here Mon day for Simon Gevurtz, prom inent Portland businessman and philanthropist who died in a lo cal hospital Friday after a pro longed illness. Gevurtz, who was a Polish immigrant, founded the Gevurtz Furniture store here. He was president of the store until his death. 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