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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."
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1955 International Awards of Merit presented to Packard
February 20, 1955 by the Third Annual Universal Travel
and Auto Sports Show.
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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
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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
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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
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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."
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over the same terrain. Then decide which offers
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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
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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.
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Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
134 SOUTH RIVERSIDE
PHONE 2-5219
134 S. Riverside
Phone 2-5219