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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. March 8, 19SS French Premier May Stake Regime On Confidence Vote Paris iU.P) Premier Edgar Faure may stake the life of his young government for the first time on a vote of confidence to night or Wednesday on his eco nomic policies, informed sources said today. His government was threat ened not only by France's cru cially tangled financial and eco nomic problems but also by a new flareup of the Saar dispute with Germany that could yet wreck French ratification of the Paris arms pacts. Wag Raises Debated The assembly today resumed its debate on wage raises for the politically powerful civil serv ants. Faure discussed this issue with his cabinet Monday night and may test the government strength on it. Faure got his first setback last Friday when the Finance com mittee rejected his . proposed raise on grounds it was not enough. Faure has not indicated whether he believes calling a confidence vote on the matter would put the measure through. Toppled in 1952 Informed sources said that he would "rather not use the confi dence vote which would put continuation of his government at stake. A vote of confidence on economic policies toppled Faure in 1952. But most French politicians predicted that the next two weeks will determine whether the Faure coalition lives on or comes apart at the seams under the impact of pressing foreign and domestic issues. Back Stairs: Ike To Redeem FDR Promise Bronx Zoo To Get San Francisco Octopus San Francisco '(U.R) A 40 pound octopus named Arlene Mavourneen made history today ' by being the first octopus to fly across the country. Accompanied by Dr. Earl S. Herald of San Francisco's Stein hart aquarium, Arlene Mavour neen made the trip to New York in a plastic bag containing 10 gallons of salt water chilled to 55 degrees. The bag was sealed and inflat ed with oxygen, then placed In a fibreboard drum aboard a Unit ed Airlines plane. Arlene Mavourneen will be welcomed officially to New York Wednesday on the- National Broadcasting company's H o m e Show. She will take up residence at Bronx Zoo. Br MERRIMAN SMITH United Press White Wriler Washington U.R) Back stairs at the White House: It was a promise made by an other president Franklin D. Roosevelt but Mr. Eisenhow er is willing to redeem it. In the black days of 1942, FDR made a date with the fu ture for a little boy. He addres sed a letter to the president of 1956 requesting a West Point appointment for Colin Kelly III, whose father became the first American hero of World War II. The little boy's dad gave his life in a bombing attack on a Jap warship off The Philippines. Mr. Eisenhower has the Roose velt letter on file. Should young Kelly want to go to West Point, he'll have the backing of the Chief Executive. Social item from the Gettys burg (Pa.), Times: One of Mr. Eisenhower's re cent guests at the farm was Douglas Black, president of the Doubleday Publishing Company. Doubleday published Mr. Eisen hower's book, "Crusade in Eur ope." Does the President have an other book in the works? Massey Mott Heltzel, the Pres ident's pastor in Augusta, Ga., is about ready to announce com pletion of his new building for the Reid Memorial Presbyterian church. Heltzel is held up by one factor he can't get deliv ery of his pews. He tells friends "Our pews are being built by a firm that is "the best and the slowest .in America." William H: Heath, editor of the Haverill (Mass.) Gazette. writes in the current Bulletin of the American Society of Newspaper Editors: "I wonder if any editors are as disturbed as I am about the expurgated TV presentations of presidential press conferences. As I understand it, the film is carefully edited, so that nothing is screened which does not re flect favorably on the Presi dent. Such presentations seem to me purely propaganda and of indirect concern to the press." Mr. Heath goes on to say, and citing Washington authority, that portions of the Eisenhower press conference film not re leased to the audio-visual media must be returned to the Presi dent's office. This is entirely true. Mr. Heath, however, may not know that the reason for the return of the expurgated film to the of fice of Press Secretary James C. Hagerty originated with the film industry. They did not want the banned film kicking around their cutting rooms. w:; -NWSs. r; ' 1 ; NEATtltphet WILL TOUR FAR EAST President Eisenhower conferred with John Foster Dulles (right) on Dulles' tour of the Communist-threatened Far East. Dulles told newsmen on his arrival in Washington that Communist China is "desper ately" seeking to overrun "the forward positions of free dom" in Asia. Press Continues To Speculate on Princess Margaret London (U.R) British news papers speculated on the report ed romance between Princess Margaret and B.AF Group Capt. Peter Townsend for the third consecutive day today. The Daily Mirror, in a front page interview with the hand some, 40-year-old divorced fa ther of two children, quoted Townsend as saying: "The word cannot come from me." The Sunday Pictorial, sister paper of the Daily Mirror, be gan things Sunday with a big, black headline: "Princess Mar garet Marriage Sensation; Pub lic Announcement Expected Soon." Announcement Expected The Daily Mirror Monday quoted Townsend, now air at tache in Brussels, as saying he expected an announcement on the romance at any time. The Communist Daily Worker jeered at the whole thing 'and said: "We plead with the Prin cess; please put the whole world out of its agony. Make up your mind." - Buckingham Palace maintain ed strict silence and an official spokesman said,. "There will be no comment." . ' ;: ' SLIPPERY GOING Couer d'Alene, Ida. (U.R) A basketball game between Couer d'Alene and Lewis and Clark high schools was cancell ed after officials watched the junior varsities slip and slide through a game.- Seems there had been a dance at the gymj the night before and custodians J forgot to remove the floor wax. Ike Gets First Easter Seals Washington U.R) Six-year-old Billy Jennings climbed slow ly up the steps of the White House on his crutches today and presented President Eisenhower the first sheet of 1955 Easter seals. His action marked the open ing of this year's annual month long Easter seal campaign of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Billy, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings of Trumbull, Conn., has been crippled since birth. An artist's concept of his braced legs appears on the 1955 Easter seal poster. He had a congenital spinal de fect which left his legs useless, but treatment has restored his lower limbs, sufficiently to per mit him to ride his bicycle, swim and enjoy many other activities of children his own age. Originally, Bill was to have met Mrs. Eisenhower, but she was ill with a touch of the flu. Dr. Bulkley, Family ; Arrive in Medford Newcomers to the vicinity are Dr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Bulkley and their 10-month-old son, Dun can, who came here from Den ver, Colo. They are living at 645 J st. Dr. Bulkley will open a practice in April as pediatrician in the Medical Dental building, 832 East Main st., specializing in infants' and children's care and treatment. Dr. Bulkley did his residency work at the University of Colo rado school of medicine and re Ceiyed his schooling at the NewJ York City hospital. He. formerly is from New York City and he served as an officer in World War II in the artillery. , ' Library Scholarship Plan is Announced Ashland A $150 scholarship for a year's study at the Uni versity of Washington has been announced to Southern Oregon college students by Librarian Myrtle Funkhouser. For many years, Miss Funk; houser said, the library profes sion has been attracting too few persons although thedemand for librarians is increasing constant ly. To encourage librarianship as a career, the Oregon Library association has set up a fund known as the Marcia M. Hill scholarship. The scholarship is awarded each year to the person who shows outstanding promise and interest in the field of li brary service and who meets the qualifications set by the associa tion. A candidate must have com pleted four years of college, sat isfied the entrance requirements of the University of Washington school of Librarianship, and in dicated his intenton to take a library position in Oregon for at least a year after receiving the library degree. is, - Application blanks may be ob tained from Miss Funkhouser. A candidate should also make ap plication for entrance to the Un- Nugent Jubilant Over Acquittal On Aiding Enemy Fort Sill, Okla. (U.R) Ma j. Ambrose Nugent said today his acquittal on nine collaboration charges was a "vindication of American military justice" and Fluoridation of Portland Water Would Cut Decay Portland (U.R) Tooth decay in children would be reduced 65 per cent by the fluoridation of Portland's water supply, ac cording to Dr. Daniel F. Lynch.'i president of the American Den tal Association. Dr. Lynch, here for the Ore gon State Dental Association's annual convention, said that 20 million persons in 1043 com munities are now using fluori dated water. t .- Until1, fluoridation vis j used here, the . dentist aid," the den tal health" of the' city's : children is being "grossly neglected." , - r To . Install President ; Dr. Ralph G. Cooper of Port land, was to be installed today as president f the association. He. succeeds . Dr. : Harold M. Kramer, also of. Portland. " President-elect-fpr .1956 is Dr. J. Warner Henderson : of Hood River. : Continuing in Office will be Dr. Paul W. Kunkel Sr. of Port land, vice-president; Dr. Thomas D. Holder of Portland, secretary treasurer, and Dr. Ernest A. Hurley of Portland, editor.. ' '-. Officers were elected at a pre convention session Sunday by the house of delegates. High School Poster Contest Plan Told Ashland A poster contest for high school students has been announced by the Beta Iota field chapter of Phi Delta Kap pa, professional education fra ternity, at Southern Oregon college. PDK officers said the contest is to bring to the attention of high school students in pictorial form the Opportunities offered in the various branches of the teaching profession. .Theme for the poster contest is to be "Careers in Education." Deadline for entries will be Ap ril 15, 1955. Inquiries should be directed to Otto Wilda, art department, Southern Oregon college, Ashland. ivrsity of Washington school of librarianship, of which Miss Glady's Boughton is director. &mmmmnWT : ' " ..-.ww, Engagements, homecomings, births time and again big moments like these are heralded by the telephone. he plans to resume his Army ca reer as an artillery officer. The silver-haired, 45-year-old regular Army major, who had been accused of aiding the Com munists while a prisoner in North Korea, was swamped with congratulatory telephone and telephone calls today. Join in Praise Local townspeople who had followed the seven-week court martial joined in praising the court's decision. "It was a very popular decis ion here," said John Clabes of the Lawton Constitution-Press. "I love the Army. I want to stay with it," Nugent said to day. "I want to take a leave and get some dental work done, then I plan to resume my Army career as an artilleryman." . Nugent was defended by tw iiinijf aiLuincjr a hi me long trial. Justice Said Vindicated "The only thing I can ay now is that military justice is vindicated," the graying grand father from Merrill, Wis., said after the decision yesterday. "I absolutely had a fair trial." A board of two colonels and seven lieutenant-colonels delib erated two hours, seven min utes before deciding the tall, gaunt soldier did not give un due aid to his captors while a: prisoner of war some 38 months in Korea. Conviction could have meant life imprisonment and dishonor able discharge. He was the fifth former American POW courtmartialed on collaboration charges, but the first one. ac- Important little moments, too like when you need a TV man, or want a taxi, or have shopping to do these are other times your telephone's ready to serve. More and more useful every day that's the kind- of service telephone' people constantly work to bring you . . . and at a cost that makes the telephone a good buy in the family budget. The day George could hardly wait to call home. George is like 'most any family man you know. And perhaps that's why he nearly did a jig right in the boss's office the morning his big raise came through. Now Betty, his wife, could have that new rug, son Timmy his racing bike, sister Sue her record player. It was all George could do to just walk, not run, back to his telephone. . And you can imagine how many smiles there were at home right after he called. For haven't we all received telephone calls bringing news to be long remembered? In such cases the value of your tele phone can hardly be measured in dollars and cents. And this doesn't include the hundred and one other ways it serves you ... all at such small cost. Pacific Telephone. The telephone people of Medford work to make your telephone a bigger value every day Vur butinui tfficti 131 N. lorlltlf St TtL 3-6101 , t t t w . : I t t "'T'. t i t t t t i i i i i i t t i i i i . i i 1 - ... and oranges are just one of the inviting fresh fruits and vegetables featured this week in the Roduce Brad j&JlyoaTTnaihai&cBi any item ihafc doesrit please yea
