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Britain's Moral Clean-Up
Drive Taken Up by Politics
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EASTER SEAL CAMP Oregon s first and only summer camp
exclusively designed and operated for crippled children is
Camp Easter Seal, located on North lake of Ten Mile lake,
near Reedsport. The camp, opened last summer, is financed
through the sale of Easter Seals by the Oregon Society for
Crippled Children and Adults. Children from all parts of the
state enjoy it.
Air Force in Germany Has
Difficult Housing Problem
Wiesbaden, Germany (U.R)
The U. S. Air Force in Eur
ope, with a total resident pop
ulation of some 187,000 airmen
and dependents, is fighting its
toughest cold-war battle hous
ing. In France, North Africa and
England, the problem ranks with
plane strength and tactics, and
it appears to be almost insolu
able. Air Force officials in Wies
baden, headquarters of the
complex network of fighter and
bomber wings in Europe and
North Africa, claim that current
conditions are "making first
class American citizens into sec
ond and third-class people."
They say that almost 11,000
housing units are urgently need
ed to get people out of drafty,
slum-type village houses, "tin
huts" and trailers in France,
Britain and North Africa and
into units that at least have
plumbing, heating and in some
cases water.
Germany Okay
The problem has been licked
in Germany mainly because this
has been an occupied country.
Housing units were requisition
ed and confiscated. Entire Luft
waffe air bases in some cases
were taken over complete with
substantial ' housing. . New units
mushroomed around new bases
with the German government
paying the costs as part of its
occupation debt.
The Air Force in Germany ex
pects to be out of its last requis
itioned house and intoall-Amer-ican
quarters within the next
two years.
But the prospects outside Ger
jmany are depressing.
Housing experts claim that no
considerable new housing units
have been built in France since
the turn of the - century. War
damage has complicated the sit
uation. The same situation, to a
lesser extent, prevails in England.
The remote country location
of new American fighter fields
in France has almost hopelessly
scuttled any quick solution ex
cept with unsatisfactory and un
comfortable "trailer camps."
Morale Factor
Many fighter pilots and their
families are now living as far as
30 and more miles from their
bases in central and western
France living in small
French towns with heating and
sanitary facilities that can only
be classified as primitive by Am
erican standards.
This situation, Air Force oi-
ficials stress, also constitutes a
distinct morale problem.
"In many cases, the husband
must drive 30 or 40 miles to his
base and he has to have
car because there's no other way
to reach some of the country
fields," ope officer explained.
"He leaves his wife alone in
a dismal apartment in a strange
small town, with everyone
speaking a strange language.
"If the couple has children
and there is an American school
on the base, the wife can ac
company husband and child to
the base. But she must stay there
all day doing nothing until the
child is out of school and the
husband finishes his work. That
is not very satisfactory."
The Air Force needs almost
5,000 housing units in France.
French contractors will not put
up new housing in the remote
base areas unless the Air Force
can guarantee 90 per cent oc
cupancy for at least seven years.
At present, the Air Force can
give only a five-year guarantee.
Trailers Inadequate
In an effort to break the stale
mate, the Air Force has just
been authorized to buy 675 trail
er units which will be rented
to officers and airmen, many of
whom have already bought the
expensive units out of their own
pockets. But at least 3,000 trail
ers would be required to have
any effect on the housing short
age. And, at best, Air Force offic
ials admit, a trailer is no substi
tute ofr a home unless elaborate
"on base" camps are establish
ed with electrical supplies, sew
age disposal, wash houses, rec
reational facilities and the secur
ity of fences and guards.
The problem is just as critical
in Libya and North Africa where
the Air Force maintains spraw
ling bases.
In French Morocco, some
1,900 housing units are needed
only 99 are presently avail
able. In Lybia, the Air Force
needs 147 units.
In England, thousands of air
men and their families are liv
ing in World War II Quonset 'tin
huts, others in trailers and some
in high-cost private housing un
its. "Four thousand housing units
are needed for U. S. Air Force
needs in the United Kingdom,"
a spokesman said. "We have a
London (U.R) Britain s 18-month-old
moral clean-up cam
paign has moved into the politi
cal arena.
Parliamentarians, church and
civic leaders and even members
of the cabinet are weighing leg
islation to wipe out prostitution,
homosexuality, pornography and
obscene literature.
The Churchill government
lately has been so plagued with
demands to ban the sale of so
called horror comics that two
cabinet ministers have hinted
at the introduction of laws to
keep them off Britain's bookstalls.
The government also is faced
with what has been described as
"intensified activity" by prosti
tutes and perverts, while variety
theatres are being scored for
presenting "nude" shows to the
exclusion of what is called "tra
ditional British variety."
The comics at issue are those
whose central characters, are
ghouls or vampires, the "crime
often pays type, and others that
exploit excesses and amoral acts.
One Firm Stops
The storm against this type
of children's "entertainment"
has reached such proportions
that already the largest firm
producing "horror" comics here
Monday. March SI, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Funeral Is Arranged
For Victim of Fire
Eagle Point Funeral serv
ices have been tentatively ar
ranged Thursday afternoon at
the Chapel mortuary for Mrs.
Bertha Briggs, 80, Eagle Point,
who died Sunday at a Medford
hospital.
She had been hospitalized
since Feb. 2, when she suffered
first, second and third degree
burns to about 60 per cent of her
body. She received the burns
while starting a fire that morn
ing in a wood stove and a jug of
kerosene exploded in her hands.
She made her home at Eagle
Point with a son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Mitchell.
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Keep Oregon Green
Slates 10th Annual
Poster Competition
Oregon Green Guard , mem
bers are being invited to take
part in the 10th annual state
wide fire prevention poster con
test sponsored each year by the
Keep Oregon Green association.
The Green Guards, youth aux-
iliary of the Keep Oregon Green
association, may enter contest
posters from April 1 to April
30, according to Albert Wisen
danger, executive secretary of
KOG.
The junior division will in
clude all members from 8 to 12
years of age, and the senior div
ision those from 13 to 16 years
prizes in each division. There
There will be four $5 cash
will be a $10 prize for the first
place winner in each division.
The winners will be presented
with their cash awards by their
local county Keep Oregon Green
chairmen.
Rules Told
The posters will be 11 by 14
inches. Only one poster may be
submitted by each Green Guard
and must be his own work. On
the back of each poster the
Green Guards must print their
name, address, age and school
they attend. AH posters will be
come the property of the Keep
Oregon Green association after
judging.
There are now over 56,000
boys and girls enrolled in the
Oregon Green Guard.
Green Guards must use a fire
prevention theme, and the post
ers will be judged on originality,
relation to educational phases
of fire prevention and artistic
qualties. They may be in cut
outs, water colors, poster paint,
oils, pastels or wax crayons.
All entries must be sent to
the Keep Oregon Green associa
tion, PO Box 471, Salem, Ore,
Farmers Agree To
Deer-Killing Truce
Forest Grove (U.R) A truce
has been declared between
Washington county father and
son and the State Game Commis
sion after 32 deer were killed
in two days in an attempt to
Keep wem trom f eeding on farm
land.
Lester Lee, 56. and his ton.
Everett, 31, called off the shoot
ings baturday -just before a cara
van of local residents arrived to
protest the killing. Some 25
of Lee's friends had also gathered
at nis loo-acre farm near here
to support his actions.
a pickup load of 15 deer,
mubuy aoes ana lawns, was
hauled away Friday and 17 more
were killed Saturday as game
officials and state police watched.
Everett said he and his father
agreed to a truce after the Game
Commission agreed to supply six
herders to haze the deer with
bird shot to try to keep them
irom reeding on the farm.
McLeod
has announced that it will cease
publication and devote its en
ergies to better-type products.
But there are still horror
comics in circulation and so
much concern is felt over their
influence among children that the
leader of the Anglican church,
Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop
of Canterbury, recently led a
deputation' to discuss the prob
lem with the home secretary,
Major Lloyd George.
Lloyd George promised the
deputation the "most careful
consideration by the govern
ment" of the whole horror
comics question. Soon after he
announced a full government in
quiry into the matter and hint
ed that legislation would be in
troduced into the next session
of parliament to ban "horrors"
altogether.
Sir David Eccles, minister of
education, saw an exhibition ot
the horror comics sponsored by
the British Teachers' Union and
commented:
T think it may well be neces
sary to t a k e stronger acuun
against these publications.
The Teachers Union told its
members that children may be
legally punished for reading,
anywhere on school premises,
horror comics blacklisted by
headmasters.
Nudity Scored
Recently the Bishop of Coven
try, Dr. Neville Gorton, con
demned the way in which sex is
being commercialized in Britain
in some films, books and news
papers, and his attack received
much support.
Dr. Gorton said that the com
mercialization of sex was the
most destructive influence with
which he had to deal, and it had
contributed to the breakdown of
the Christian principle of mar
riage and "formed the greatest
disintegrating evil of the day.
lhere has been a campaign
against the number of films be
ing brought into the country
with the alleged intention of
receiving an "X" (adults only)
certificate from the censors.
Then there is the fight in the
vaudeville theaters over the
nude and "strip" shows. Vaude
ville artists associations claim
that girls with no stage ability
whatsoever are crowding out
real performers. Theater man
agers reply that today's custom
ers want to see nudity.
Looking at Existing Laws
A 14-member committee rep
resentative of all classes and in
terests in the country is at ores
ent sitting as a government in
quiry into the existing laws re
lating to homosexual offenses
and prostitution.
On the committee's finding
the government will judge what
new legislation will be tippm-
sary to combat the increase in
prostitution and homosexuality
m aiiiam m recent years.
ir Arthur Morse, chairman
of the British Holidavs and
iTavel Association, said the
prostitute problem in the west
ern worm ana that nvnsni
visitors are being continually
suucKea Dy its enormity.
Argentina Ends
Religious Holidays
Buenos Aires, Argentina U.R)
The government abolished all
religious holidays except Christ
mas and Good Friday Sunday
night in what Is called a move
to help the national economy.
The number of national holi
days on which public employees
are not required to work was
cut from 23 to 11 and affected
mostly religious observances.
A decree issued Sunday said
only on Christmas, Good Friday
and nine other days would pub
lic employees be allowed to
stay home.
The farm population of the
U.S. has decreased by about 9.5
per cent since 1932, but the to
tal farm production has increas
ed by about 45 per cent.
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McLeod Harvey Anderton
irom Monte Vista, Colo., has
arrived here to make his home
with his brother, Glen Anderton
and wife.
JUr. and Mrs. O. E. Stone are
spending a week visiting rela
lives in Stockton, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Haag are
vacationing in Salt Lake City.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Knudson
of Medford spent the week end
of March 12 at their cabin on
Butte Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Anderton
and Harvey Anderton were din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Alworth in Medford on March
20.
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diant floor heating. Tempera
tures of the heating system can
not rise high enough to cause
damage or danger.
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