26 Persons Killed in Crash of .lexical.
Airliner Against Sierra Mladres Pea
Stock Market Boom Credited To
Signs of Continued Prosperity
Washington (U.P.) The stock
market is booming because in
vestors feel sure a long period
of prosperity lies ahead, a top
official of the nation's largest
brokerage firm said today.
This confidence in the nation's
economic future has led more
people to buy stocks as a long
term investment, Winthrop H.
Smith told the Senate Banking
committee. TTie committee is in
vestigating whether the current
market boom is a healthy one.
Prospects for Peace
Smith is managing director of
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Tenner
& Beane, a brokerage firm with
headquarters in New York and
offices throughout the nation
and some places abroad.
He said investors consider the
future bright because there are
prospects for continued peace,
the nation's growing population
will keep consumer demand
high, living standards are still
rising and new industrial fron
tiers are opening in such fields
as atomic energy and electronics.
He also cited more favorable
government policies toward
busines as reflected in expira
tion of the excess profits tax, the
flexible credit policies of the
Federal Reserve Board, and the
"mild relief from double taxa
tion of stock dividends.
Market Drop Noted
Smith testified in the wake of
yesterday's sudden, sharp drop
in the stock market when losses
ranged beyond $3 a share. Some
observers said the drop may
have resulted from a recommen
dation by a Harvard economics
professor to the committee yes
terday that the government raise
the margin for stock purchases
from 60 to 100 per cent.
But committee chairman J. W
Fulbright (D.-Ark.) said that he
could see no connection between
the committee's investigation or
Prof. John K. Galbraith's testi
mony and the market drop.
A Nichol's Worth of . . .
Comment- On This and That
OCE Presidential
Applications Pondered
Portland U.R) The State
Board of Higher Education today
was studying applications for
the presidential vacancy at Ore
gon College of Education caused
by the death last month of Dr.
Roben J. Maaske.
The board yesterday confirm
ed appointments of Dr. J. F. Cra
mer as president of Portland
State college and of Dr. Philip
G. Hoffman as head of the ex
tension division.
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By HARMAN
United PrMt
Washington (U.R) A love
ly girl dipped a fork into her
fruit cocktail, looked up and
said:
"I wonder
if you can find
somebody who
could give me
a massage?
she said. "I've
been on a train
all night and I
am tired.
think a masse-
usse might re
jnarman .Nicnois lax me.
If Win Min Than, a 22-year-
old Burmese lovely who has
just finished her first movie,
was tuckered she sure didn't
look it.
She was dolled up in a native
green longyi (a toe-length skirt)
and sported a pawa (or quilted
shawl) to match her white ny
Ion blouse. Her lips were prop
erly tinted and her coal black
hair stood up in a twisted top
knot. Her Aching Back
Mere man looked at the star-
let and said the only masseusses
he knew were what might loose
ly be called masseurs, the burly
characters who rub down the
box fighters in training camps.
"I'll try. though," I said.
It was Sunday, and apparent
ly every expert at the massage
in our town was taking time out.
In 20 calls, I got only one an
swer, and it was a man.
"No thank you," Win said,
easing back in her chair.
So far as I know she went to
bed that night wearing a still
aching back.
The young lady, who speaks
good English, was selected to
play the role of a Burmese girl
opposite Gregory Peck in a
drama called the "Purple
Plain."
Scared lo Death
She was discovered by the
movie people at her home in
Pegu, 50 miles from Rangoon,
Burma. All she knew about the
dramatic was dancing with her
husband U-Aung Than, who op-
W. NICHOLS
Future Write?
erates a Burmese tin mine. That
and a couple of amateur theatri
cals. .v
"I was scared to death," she
said. "For one thing, I didn't
like the idea of being away from
home for over six months. Half
of the picture was made in Lon
don and the other half in Ceylon.
Maybe I won't make another.
We'll see. I don't know how they
ever picked me, anyhow. I'm
all arms and legs."
Win is an unofficial ambassa
dor for her homeland and she
resents people who misinterpret
Burmese customs and manner
isms. Like the time she was
quoted as saying: "I love you
with all my heart is never said
in Burma. We say 'I love you
with all my liver.' That is true,
but folks over here don't under
stand and laugh at it, and it is
embarassing." i
Lois of Holidays
The five-foot, six-inch girl
(tall for a Burmese lady) is
proud of her country.
"We have no caste system in
Burma," she said. "Some people
have more than others. But all
are well fed and everyone, rich
and poor alike, get the same
education. Literacy in my coun
try is 80 per cent, which is very
high. We are a sober, happy
people, and almost every day is
a holiday, with singing and dancing."
Glendale Woman Sues
Highway Commission
Grants Pass U.R) A S67,000
damage suit was filed against
the State Highway Commission
in Circuit Court here yesterday
by Mrs. Kathryn Moore of Glen
dale. The suit resulted from a dis
pute between Mrs. Moore and
the department over the erec
tion of a six foot fence separat
ing her property from a limited
access highway.
Mrs. Moore claimed damages
because she said the fence
makes her property a hotel
and a service station look like
a concentration camp.
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Four American
Tourists Perish
In Flaming Wreck
Guadalajara, Mexico U".R)
Twenty - six persons including
four American tourists were kill
ed on Tuesday when a Mexican
airliner crashed into a 9,000-foot
peak of the western Sierra
Madres and exploded with a
blast Jhat set the mountain top
afire.
Rescue brigades set out at
dawn from the nearby Rancho
el Mosco to reach the wreckage
of the twin-engined DC-3 airlin
er a few miles from the village
of Talpa de Allende, 100 miles
west-southwest of Guadalajara.
They were halted on Tuesday
night by darkness. "
A rancher on horseback, who
climbed to the scene late Tues
day, reported all aboard "per
ished horribly." He was prevent
ed for more than three hours
from approaching the area be
cause iiaming gasoline touched
off a series of brush fires.
The Americans aboard were
tentatively identified as Ed
Johnson, Dr. J. Ingler, Dr. Hays
and R. S. Hall. All were believ
ed to be from California.
Lost Radio Contact
They boarded the plane at the
rustic coastal resort of Puerto
Vallarta for the 125-mile flight
"to Guadalajara.
The plane rose swiftly to
clear the mountains which rise
abruptly from the coast but
crashed 20 minutes later, only
30 miles from the Puerto Vallar
ta airfield. .
There was no explanation. Ra
dio contact was lost shortly aft
er takeoff.
Those aboard included three
crew members, two Mexican in
fants and "several women."
It was the second air disaster
in Mexico within 24 hours but
the first for the airline in five
years. Jorge Pasquel, Mexican
millionaire and former baseball
czar, perished with five other
persons on Monday night when
Pasquel's private plane crashed
in the eastern Sierra Madres
near the Gulf coast.
The airliner, carrying 23 pas
sengers and three crew members
was of the Mexican Aviation
company, CMA, an affiliate of
Pan American. It took off from
Puerto Vallarta airfield at 2:30
p.m. (EST) and vanished. Three
hours later the smoking wreck
age was spotted from the air.
Identification Delayed
Identification of the Ameri
cans was delayed because tele
phones to the hotels in Puerto
Vallarta are down at night. A
spokesman for the airlines said
the "only chance" of identifying
them immediately was to check
hotels early today.
The wreck brought to 32 the
number of persons to die in
Mexican plane crashes in 24
hours.
Pasquel and his five passen
gers were killedwhen his speedy
Lodestar transport crashed and
burned in the mountains near
Tamuin.
Pasquel, 48, millionaire indus
trialist, financed the "outlaw"
Mexican league raids on organ
ized baseball in 1946. He was an
intimate friend of former Presi
dent Miguel Aleman and pump
ed millions of dollars into the
league, causing many American
major leaguers to jump their
contracts and accept huge salar
ies in Mexico. The campaign
ended the following year when
Mexico's big league failed to
draw paying crowds. .
Wednesday. March 9, 1955
MEDFORD fOREGOIT) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
'DINKIE' SALE GOOD
San Francisco U.R) San
Francisco city officials said to
day they were gratified by the
' very generous bids" submitted
by 33 persons who wanted a ca
ble car for their very own. The
city put 10 "obsolete" hill climb
ers under the auctioneer's ham
mer and found there was a sur
prisingly strong market in second-hand
cable cars. The 10 din
kies brought in more than
$11,000.
Dead line Sunday Classified to at
noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day
Good News For
Septic Tank
Owners
Septic tanks are lifeaaveni for
those who live away from city"
ewer system. But septic tanks
can, and do, stop-up and over
flow! First, because the tank is not
cleaned at proper intervals; sec
ondly, toilet tissue that does not
readily disintegrate may clog the
drains and force them to back up!
This may be avoided by using
MD Toilet Tissue because MD
is scientifically processed to ab
sorb water quickly. Drains don't
clog or Back up so readily!
Good practice: Consult your
County Health Department, your
plumber, or a septic tank service
company, for advice on cleaning
your tank. Use MD Toilet Tissue!
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