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tlX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Citizens of By Role in By AL KAFF United Press Correspondent Quemoy Island (U.R) There Js no war hysteria on Quemoy Island, which the Nationalist Chinese government believes the Communists are preparing to invade. The island's 41,900 civilians are tilling their sun baked fields and fishing the waters off the Red China coast just as their an cestors have done for centuries. Although their houses are within easy range of Commu 1st artillery, the hard working Quemoy people are not fleeing to the relative safety of For mosa. More than 100 persons have been killed here by Communist shelling since last September, and the Reds are reported mov ing more and more artillery into Quemoy range. But the people are not budg ing from their land. Schoolhouse Shelled I saw children playing in the wreckage of a brick and mud house where two school teachers were killed by a direct hit from Red artillery shell. I saw a barefooted farmer watering his cabbage patch, and behind him I saw the mountains of Communist China, only four miles away, where Red siege Suns are hidden. The government will never admit it, but everyone in Que moy knows that their fishermen rendezvous with fishermen from Communist China in the narrow straits separating this island from the Red held mainland. According to the best local 4-H Club News Canyon Club The 4-H Canyon club met Wednesday at Florence Shaffer's home. Demonstrations included: Faye Janzer and Diane Ells made peanut-butter cookies which turned out just fine; Donna Ells and ElDonna Bean made cream pudding, also very good. Demonstrations for the next meeting will be: Jill Hedgpeth and ElDonna Bean, making muf fins. First year girls will have a demonstration. Next meeting will be at Jan zer's, March 30. Laura Bean Reporter , for Tortion-Ltvel Suspension! "... in American production cars an engineering achievement estab lishing new concepts of comfort and safety. The outstanding auto motive achievement of the year." for Individuality of Styling! ". . . and design in the luxury car field ... to the Packard Four Hundred." DOUBLE JL AWARD fi WINNER' THE NEW 1 PACKARD W 1955 International Awards of Merit presented to Packard February 20, 1955 by the Third Annual Universal Travel and Auto Sports Show. COME IN AND SEE THE AWARD WINNING PACKARD5 AT Quemoy Unexcited East-West Tension evidence, Quemoy fishermen even land on the Communist coast and return home un harmed. Smuggled Beer Sold The Quemoy garrison com mander, stocky Gen. Liu Yu Chang, spoke guardedly of the island's value in gathering in telligence information from the mainland. But he gave no details. The streets of Quemoy City, ftlew CP FSre dumber Listed; Kural Areas Plagued by (Blazes Central Point Officials of the Central Point Rural Fire Protection district, and the Cen tral Point city fire department pointed out yesterday that the fire telephone number which will handle alarms for both de partments will be NOrmandy 4-1234. The number will go into ef fect on the evening of April 2, when the Central Point and Medford telephone exchanges will be connected. The connec tion is scheduled to be com pleted shortly after 11 p.m. that day, according to officials of Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph company. Fire Alarms Only The number will be for fire alarms only. It will ring a tele phone in a central office, to be located in the rural fire depart ment building, and the firemen on duty will sound the alarm for the district in whose c.rea the blaze is located. Central Point rural officials pointed out that all residents of the district, including those living close to the Medford and Jacksonville city limits, should call the new number. Those liv ing in the area served by the Medford telephone exchange can call the Central Point fire alarm number by "dialing 3-NQ-4-1234. Gold Hill Fire Saturday aft ernoon destroyed the J. N. Nel son home, about two miles south n A Vn P I--:&V50SV vis I WO Tuesday, March 22, 1955 the island's largest town, are crowded from morning to night with soldiers, townsfolk and farmers in from the country. Its human population is 7000 and seemingly outnumbered by the flies which look like a black fog in the reeking fish and vegetable market. For a place in the very front line of the East-West struggle, Quemoy seems quite unexcited by its role. of here on the old Highway 99. The fire was reported by a man who saw the blaze while driving to the Nelson home. A delay was caused by the fact that he had to turn around and drive to a service station to sum mon fire fighters. Central Point rural firemen were unable to save the ranch style house, which was in flames by the time they arrived, but were able to contain the blaze to the house, saving nearby structures. Two pumper trucks from the Central Point Rural Fire Pro tection district responded to the alarm, although the fire was located outside of district boun daries, according to district of ficials. Rogue River Mr. and Mrs. Gene LeRoy, Rogue River, are remodeling their home, which was badly damaged by fire about a week ago. The family saved bedroom fur niture and other furnishings, but lost the contents of the living room, which could not be re moved because of the fire. Central Point Central Point rural firemen were called Sun day night to a flue fire at Merri man rd. and Beall lane, accord ing to district officials. No dam age was reported. French Senate Ratification of Paris 'Accord Seen Paris (U.R) High govern ment officials were reported in creasing confident today the Sen ate would ratify the Paris arms agreements without a hitch when it begins debate on the treaties tomorrow. Diplomatic observers said re cent international developments had shocked the Senate, and the nation, into the realization that France must act quickly if it is to maintain its position as a world leader. The first shock was publica tion of the Yalta documents making it plain the wartime "Big Three" looked on France as a second rate nation. The re sentment has turned into a re solve to do something about it, these observers said. The second shock was publi cation of Prime Minister Win ston Churchill's warning that non-ratification means France's chair will be empty in the North Atlantic alliance. General belief was this would impress on the senators even more the pressing need to act quickly. Vandals Deface Roosevelt Statue London U.R) Vandals splashed the words "traitor of Yalta' 'in fiery red paint today across the memorial statue of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A Ministery of Works inspec tor discovered the defacement at 6 a.m. in a routine inspection of the memorial statue in Gros venor Square. The statue, depicting the late President standing in the admi ral's cape he wore on his much- loved sea voyages, is a stone s throw from the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Navy's Atlantic and Mediterranean headquarters. Scotland Yard was notified and immediately moved in inves tigators. SYSTEM WINS AWARD The new torsion suspension system for automobiles, developed by Packard, last week was named the "outstanding automotive advancement of the year" at the Travel and Auto Sports show at Madison Square Garden, New York. Frederick P. Pittera, left, the show's managing direc tor, presented the top award to Dan O'Madigan, Packard sales manager. Pittera said the new suspension system is "the first major contribution to riding comfort in 20 years." A Nicho's Worth of . . . Comment On By HARMAN United Preu Washington (U.R) What's new in Washington: Congressman Cliff Young, the Nevada Re p u b lican, thinks he has d i s c o v ered why we need all those new super high ways. Says Young: "It's so you can ' get back faster from all of the narman mcnois places where either. you can't park, The Army is talking about a ft JWHk THE MAGNIFICENT PACKARD .with I I Af"l H tS il ii if 'V :: i4V r 1 Hf ., ' ' litiii wnnni'lT'T ri,iiivin-ii irr-T-i m"f i ii v Tni ii -'TiTTB ' America's new choice in fine cars the great new Packard is the result of years of planning, design ing and testing to build an individually distinctive automobile embodying more engineering advance ments than any automotive achievement of our time. You will find it the most luxurious car in a long line of history-making Packards. The new Packard truly reflects your pride in the finest NEW TORSION-LEVEL RIDE automatically levels the load . . . smooths the road. Imagine not knowing or caring whether the road under you is rough and pitted or boulevard smooth! Incredible? Yes! And until you experience this new kind of ride, you can't begin to realize the importance of Packard's exclusive system of unitized torsion suspension that makes it possible. This and That W. NICHOLS Featur Writer private named Kenneth Bryant of Arvada, Colo. The poor guy used to be a professional bronco buster. Private Ken is in Berlin now and is very unhappy be cause he can't join up with ihe Berlin Military Mounted Police Platoon. He has been pitched off horses in the rodeo business 932 times, by actual count. He has accumulated so many as sorted injuries, like a lot of busted bones, that he doesn't measure to the physical require ments. The Senate radio gallery the workroom and headquarters for the radio correspondents at TMIE NEW ,v As . .. .1 J I: it Ii 1 II 1 ! ii 3 I . ! I .: I !i j II II . a I ill .1 i I ii I! l! VHhf- 1 1 ii if PATRICIAN "ASK THE MAN WHO OWNS S'n r....'" IS U Mil ! !!.!: i 3 ,1 fe H I IE W.X fi - it ONE' exclusive Torsion-Level Ride and the World's most powerful Packard Autos Win Advancement Award In New York Show Packard automobiles have been presented the 1955 interna tional award of the New York Travel and Auto Sports show for the "outstanding automotive ad vancement of the year," accord ing to J. Orbin Cooksey of Cook sey Motor company, Packard distributor here. In ceremonies in New York, Packard also was awarded the 1955 international gold cup for "individuality of styling in the luxury car field. The prize-winning models, including the new Patricians, will be on display at Cooksey's on Wednesday. The auto show committee pre sented the award for Packard's torsion suspension system, which they termed "an engineering achievement establishing new concepts of riding comfort and safety" comparable in impor tance to the introduction of au tomatic transmissions and front coil springing in the 1930s. Cooksey said the new system provides a smoother, level ride, with increased car stability and greatly reduced driver fatigue. All coil and leaf springs are eliminated. Instead, two steel bars run the length of the car on either side. Road shock is ab sorbed by the twisting of these bars. The shock of dips and the Capitol does not have single radio on the premises. The U.S. Information Agency is passing around some "new jokes behind the Iron Curtain." A teacher in Pederbrady, Czechoslovakia, was trying to explain the evils of capitalism to her pupils. She asked one little girl what she would call somebody who owned an auto mobile. "An automobilist," the kid answered. And what, pray tell, asked the teacher, would you-all call someone who owned a home. The same kid came up quick with "a home owner." The teacher, a stubborn old hag, wasn't about to give up. She then asked the class: "Well, what do we call someone who owns both a house and a car?" The response was in chorus: "The regional Party secretary, Comrade Varecka." The car all America I 'i ill ,tl Hi. lj Instead of using conventional coil or leaf springs to cushion the bumps, full-length torsion bars absorb road shocks automatically before they can reach you. Driving is easier, less fatiguing and much safer. And an ingenious power-controlled Ievelizer keeps the new Packard always on an even keel. Compare this new Packard with whichever car you think is the finest made in America today. You are invited to give both cars the same tests over the same terrain. Then decide which offers the most truly luxurious performance. POWER-PACKED PACKARD V-8's . . . 260 AND 275 HORSEPOWER built by the master motor builders who pioneered the V-type engine. The most powerful engines in any production car today . . . 260 horsepower in the Patrician and bumps does not reach the frame or the passengers. A separate load compensator keeps the rear of the car level with the front, no matter what weight there is in the rear. CAST TO TYPE Chardon, O. (U.R) Nearby Newbury's Volunteer Fire " De partment recently set up a one man publicity department. His name is Ivan Blaze. A calling card you can use again and again. If you do much traveling, a Bell System credit card is just what you need. You can use it to "charge" long distance calls placed from any Bell System telephone and most others anywhere in the country. Ask our business office about one today. This card makes it even easier to use low cost long dis tance service. Pacific Telephone works to make your telephone a bigger value every day. lias been waiting for . n ii s i u i: a it f -til n the Four-Hundred models, 275 in the Packard Caribbean . created for motorists in America. NEW TWIN-ULTRAMATIC TRANSMISSION' is actually two automatic transmissions in one puts a choice of starts at your finger-tips . . lightning getaway . . . ultra smoothness for traffic ADVANCED GRACEFUL STYLING of this T new Packard is the most distinctive of all motor cars. Long low lines . . . massive grille . . . grace fully tailored rear deck . . . every detail of design bespeaks Packard distinction and good taste. Interiors are breath-taking ... reflect the decorator-smart fashions of today's finest homes. We invite you to come in for a Test Ride in this new kind of fine car. Medford Student Given Colorado Teaching Post George S. Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Green, 1410 Euclid ave., has accepted an in terneshop and student teaching appointment at Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, it was announced here today. These appointments are given to the most promising student teachers at the laboratory school of the college, it was said, and Green was the only one to re ceive the honor this year. Green was graduated from the college at the end of the third quarter this year as an educa tion major. Dead line for Sunday Classified to at noon Saturday Ay engine! the most' discriminating We Invite you to come in today. . . LET THE RIDE DECIDE COOKSEY MOTOR CO., Inc. Cooksey Motor Co., Inc. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport 134 SOUTH RIVERSIDE PHONE 2-5219 134 S. Riverside Phone 2-5219
