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I 'Brilliantly Flats Show Lots o women have discov ered that they like to wear flats. By necessity they bought them in the teen-age departments where they first came to fame. However, many women wanted a slightly sturdier flat, and one with a little more style than the classic ballet shoe which started the trend. This spring and summer they have an almost limitless choice. Flats seem to be in the shoe pic ture for keeps, and the variety of new materials and trims, plus firmer soles and better fit makes them both more practical and more appealing. Colors are wonderful. For cas ual and weekend wear, the hot History of Grass In Jackson County Traced by Agent Starting in 1865, when alfalfa seed was first flailed at the old Hanley ranch in Jackson county, the growing of grass seed has .emerged as an important factor in the economy of this area, Wil liam B. Tucker, county exten sion agent, told members of the Medford Rotary club Tuesday. In a luncheon address at the Jackson hotel, Tucker outlined important developments in seed growing here in recent years, starting with the widely publi cized sowing of poa bulbosa winter bluegrass from an air plane on the C. C. Hoover ranch three decades ago. Talent alfalfa, developed here, is being widely used throughout the west, and seed crops have brought over $3,000 per acre, he said. 'Universal Plant' Grass, recognized as the uni versal plant, has played an im portant role in history, Tucker said. Considered next in impor tance to air, light and water, grass has been responsible for great migrations and winning wars. Napoleon's campaign in Russia failed because of the shortage of forage crops. The speaker traced the introduction and usage of various grasses in early colonial days, starting from the grass crops which grew from seed in the Mayflower's hay sup ply for cattle. Discovery of gold brought farmers west with seed and knowledge of the importance of grass pastures, and Chilean alfal fa became one of the most popu lar new grasses in this sectioji of the U. S. Alerady irrigation had been used in early colonial days to improve pasture crops. John Niedermeyer, Rotary pro gram chairman', introduced the speaker. 'After-School' Shoes Declared Important Often there is so much con centration on so-called "school shoes" that it is sometimes for gotten the youngsters wear shoes after school as well, though shoes for each purpose .actually lead two different "lives." The reasons are clear on re flection. During school hours the child is much less active while in classrooms.' But after school .play is quite another matter. tf if Ijifif . - Jr - Designed Variety shades, in shag, in suede, in smooth leather, in fabrics, to wear with slacks, Bermuda shorts and swirling cotton skirts, Exquisite pastels in calf, kid- skin or reptile are just the things with the sheer cottons, batistes, dimities and lawns the "pretty baby" dresses which were such a hit with grown-ups last sum mer. Keels Add Chic Heels add greatly to the chic of many of the new flats. Tiny baby heels, either pancake or miniature French, very piquant, especially with a slim platform to match. Typical example, a dress flat of palest mauve pink kidskin with narrow platform and baby Louis heel of black patent. Sparkling jet nailheads on the vamp pick up the theme. Strawcloth makes some very smart midsummer flats as for instance, one of white black or natural straw with square vamp, narrow contrasting sale, flat stacked leather heel and straw flower trim. Or a brilliant harlequin Basque cloth on rubber sole, one of the new washable flats for all-around sports wear intro duced this season. Gay terry cloth, spattered with big white polka dots, with carryall bag to match is a nice seashore or summer patio ac cessory. Colorful fruit is a very popu lar trim for flats for casual wear while dressier ones go in for pearl ornaments, clusters of fabric or plastic flowers or em broidered motifs. Witty and Sophisticated For wear and city suits, there are some wonderful witty sophisticated little flats that pick up the tricks of more formal shoes. They go in for backless designs, for T-straps and delicate cut-out camp treatments. Col ored, striped or printed linings are sometimes a feature of the more youthful models. City flats come in suedes, in polished leather and reptile, or sometimes in combinations. Al most always the little heel and sole contrast either in color or material with the shoe itself. Black and navy polished leathers are classics. Grey suede is a favorite. And there is interest in the honey or ginger browns or beiges with smart touch of black patent. Of course red, including the new spring flame, is a basic, again often with the black touch. BEER QUELLS FIRE Comstock, Minn. (U.R) Fire men doused a burning tavern wall with beer to prevent the blaze from spreading to an ad jacent grocery store. The fire men broke beer bottles and splashed the contents against the wall when they ran out of water. SAND. SUN THEME Diamonds for beachcombers provide sum mer's new sand and sun theme. These are in washable sailcloth. (By Oomphies). Flattering flats to perk up your shoe wardrobe! From California they're colorful and gay and oh, so light on your feet . . . Priced to own more than one pair. BABY BLUE PINK PANAMA - AVOCADO W V v WEDGE NEW SCOOP The new scoop of the season is the "hollowed" wedge. Most of them like the pair shown above, are exceptionally light and flexible, adding comfort to good looks. (By Cobblers.) U.S. Money Said Used To Make Gun Sights Sold To Chinese Reds Berlin (U.ftt American dollars helped finance a West Berlin comDanv charged with selling artillery sights to the Chinese Communists during the Korean war, U.S. authorities dis closed today. A State Department spokes man identified the firm as the Askania Works, manufacturers of optical instruments, and said it sold the sights that directed Church Opposes Child Status Bill Salem (U.R) The Roman Catholic church yesterday en tered vigorous opposition to a bill which would give legal status and the same rights to all children, regardless of the marital status of their parents Leo Smith, Portland attorney who said he was representing Archbishop Edward D. Howard of the Roman Catholic Arch diocese of Portland, said the bill would give legal sanctity to illicit relationships. Such a sanction would, he said, "threaten the breakdown of the sanctity of marriage." The measure, sponsored by Rep. Jean L. Lewis of Portland, was backed by Protestant min isters. Rev. Richard M. Steiner of Portland's First Unitarian Church, argued that the bill would discourage illicit relation ships, rather than encourage then. Companion bills would re move the word "illegitimate" from all Oregon laws. Smith, Legislature Thanked by President Salem (U.R) The Oregon Legislature has a high compli ment and Senate President Elmo E. Smith of John Day a valued letter from America's No. 1 citi zen. President Eisenhower wrote President Smith, a "thank you" to the Oregon Legislature for the "unequivocal" backing it gave him and the Congress on estab lished Formosa policy. President Eisenhower's letter, read to the Senate yesterday af ternoon, said in part: "I am deeply gratified by this expression of confidence, and I hope you will convey my thanks and appreciation to the mem bers of the Oregon Legislature for their support. Such support is an important element of strength in our policy." Reserve Fleet Plan Satisfies Sen. Morse Washington (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) has ex pressed satisfaction in the de cision handed down by directors of the Commodity Credit Cor poration to retain 75 ships of the Maritime reserve fleet at Astoria for surplus grain stor age. He said that the CCC decision "substantially relieves the con gested wheat storage conditions of eastern Oregon and permits the wheat to follow its natural flow down the Columbia Basin." Morse also praised support of Oregon representatives of indus try, labor and the public in pressing the ease with govern ment officials. never before . . nor vr again will you have this opportunity to buy this "once-in-a lifetime" offer! LusL home YonfAent Oregon's htmituzm Mhowplac' pacific highway north of big y see our ad on page 5, main section jUUU Chinese artillery fire on Ameri can soldiers. Harald Quilitzsch, former gen eral manager of Askania, and two assistants, were on trial be fore a West Berlin court today accused of selling $437,000 worth of instruments to the Pei- ping government during the war. The shipments were discover ed when American troops in North Korea captured an ore mine and found theodolites surveying instruments used to measure angles bearing the Askania trademark. A State Department spokes man said Askania received $1,- 200,000 in defense contracts plus the same grant in marks as Ger man counterpart funds a total of $2,400,000 during the Ko rean war. American officials said Quilit zsch and his assistants had a greed to abide by U.S. rules for bidding strategic trade with the Iron Curtain countries and speci fically with Red China which was at war with the United Na tions. Shipments Checked But after the sights were found in Korea, Berlin customs officials began checking company shipments. The three directors were suspended last spring and later fired when cus toms detected several shipments of embargoed precision instru ments going into East Germany. The shipments were being smug gled to the Communists in pas senger cars. Rooster Survives Rough Treatment Portland (U.R) Poppy Red, a tough young bantam rooster, strutted about happily today at his home on the Sunset highway west of here, despite enough rough experience to make him wonder if it was worth while. According to accounts, Poppy Red was walking across the high way on a recent Saturday and was struck by a pickup truck. A- witness, not wanting to see Poppy- suffer, wrung his neck. Two boys, who were fond of him, hit him with an axe handle. Then the boys dug a shallow grave and buried him under moss and dirt. The next Tuesday, one of the boys, out of curiosity, exhumed the remains. Poppy was still alive. A few hours later, after eat ing water - soaked bread, Poppy gave his first crow. Poppy Red is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nelson who operate a service station and tourist cabins on the Hamlet route section of the highway. Spring Enrollment , At SOC Starts Monday , Ashland Enrollment for the spring quarter at Southern Ore gon college will begin Mon day, March 21, Registrar Mabel W. Winston said today. Course offerings at the col lege have been expanded, Mrs. Winston said, to accomodate an increasing enrollment. Liberal arts, teacher education, pre-pro-fessional and semi-professional courses are among those now be ing given. About 4S ner cent of all U.S. raw timber is government-own ed. furnishings Wedgies Boast Special Flare Wedgies have come . a long way from their utilitarian start. Today they're the shoe that you pick to highlight a special cos tume the shoe that lends flair to everything from shorts to pa tio dance frocks. There's a fine Italian hand around in the opened up look, the lighter construction, the dramatic handling of strap treat ments, of colors and leathers. The platform is less cumbersome, a style feature making use of materials, color contrast and other devices to add chic to the shoe ... as well as the comfort for which wedgies were origin ally designed. Colors are wonderful. Scarlet, bright cornflower blue or paler wedgewood, soft mauve pinks, pale greens and yellows in plain or lustred kidskin, the new creamy anilines, suedes, pastel dark or bright, polished leathers in beige to brown. In fact, in this particular category, shoes can really go the limit in fashion excitement. Not all the wedgies are so friv olous. There's still a place for the classic ties and oxfords, on higher platforms, but these too combine smart styling with the maximum of comfort. They come in basic black and navy, and there's a strong lean ing toward the natural, beige or neutral brown shades. Here again red is a favorite, with the very bright spring shade in the lead. 216 Letter Boxes In at Rogue River Rogue River A total of 216 new combination letter boxes have been installed at the Rogue River post office, according to F. G. Petrie, acting postmaster. Some 150- of the new boxes will replace obsolete boxes, some of them almost 50 years old, which were smashed about three months ago in an attempt ed robbery. The remaining 66 new boxes are needed because of a growth in the post office patronage, Pet- Pewey's 1 1 ALL GUTTER: ri AND ELEGANCE 4 ' Ww.!JPlW.l'5WA'SP9W.J' i The bewitching jeweled atrap pump B-c All a little girl could want . . . plus her old favorites black pat ent and white, all twinkling with jewel trim. She'll want several pairs from Penney's to match her new dresses! Neolite soles. Sizes 8W-12 - 4.49 B-C sizes 54-8 3.98 Strap Shoe only in , Widths B-C WHITE Sizes 12 12-3 Widths A-B 4.98 Wednesdar, March 18, 1958 Oceahographer Wishes for At Battle of By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Correspondent Wormley, England (U.R) Down in the sightless depths of the sea collossal whales and squids are fighting to the death and Robert Clarke wishes he were at ringside. He can have my seat. "You should be more adven turous," chided the jaunty scien tist, screwing a monocle into his left eye. It added a bizarre touch to a costume which already in cluded a very small cap, maroon cowboy shirt and string tie. But they pick 'em for knowl edge, not style, at the National Institute of Oceanography here and Clarke knows as much about whales as any man alive. He has hunted them, studied them in all the oceans, eaten every part of them. He insists on that last statement. ' Pretty Fair Eating "Whale heart is a bit tough," he said reflectively. "I pickled whale blubber in vinegar and spices and it made a good cock tail hors d'ouvres. Some other areas taste like sausage." When he isn't eating whales, Clarke worries about the gradual disappearance of the great 100 foot blue whale, "the largest living being since the beginning of time." He isn't worried about the sperm whale whose mighty jaws are lined with terrifying rows of 10 inch teeth. It is the sperm whale ho picks the fights with the nightmare cephalopod or giant squid that Clarke would like to watch. Winner Eats Loser Sperm whales run about 60 feet long and almost thatvmany tons in weight. The cephalopod, largest member of the octopus family, can reach a length of over 55 feet. It has 10 arms, two By requiring its truck drivers to make 10-minute coffee stops every two hours the Army re duced its accident rate by near ly 40 per cent. , rie said. The new boxes bring .the total at the Rogue River post office to 370. f h A A 98 aim 11H-J Sperm Whale, of which, longer than the others, are lined with suckers the size of dinner plates and tipped with sharp, horny hooks. A monster this size can wrap himself around a two story house. There may be even big ger squids below for recently in the stomach of a sperm whale fishermen found an eyeball 12 inches across! . ' ,- '.'All we know of these clash es," Clarke said, "is what we eepfect pump .Magic Sole cushioning . Fine polished calfskin . . Heel hugging fit You slip It on end away never looking smarter this fine Air Step pump polished calf. Touches of add a ipork f oVeismaker detailing ... the ewihloned sole gives yov a light approach to spring. AAAA -B 5 to 10 ft R ... Air Sttp't Magic Sol li a buoyant, airy wihlon skillfully dcitgncd la pillow every iftp. Buster SHOE 15 South Central $ii9s if il Medford Merchants Are Featuring MEW- SPRDNG. Now! Shop and Save Medford Mail Tribune MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUlfE ITVB Ringside Seat Giant Squid find in the stomachs of the sperm whales. That's where the loser in sea battles winds up, in the stomach. From this we believe the whale always wins unless the squid can hurt him badly and make its escape. , "This it must sometimes do for we find harpooned sperm whales with huge sores which squid suckers tore and skin and deep furrows gouged by the razor like hooks on the squid's arms." yaw go . . , than in of white Brown STORE Fluhrer Bldg. A siSr is, 1 mm 1 m tm r., . fc?v u ' - la m p .-.- c m II; 21 N. CENTRAL J
