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TEW MEDrORD (OREGOrT) MAIL TRTBUKZ Wedrntdty. April 8. 1935 Lanza Retreats .From Las As Pact Vegas Dropped Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) Mario Lanza planned today to retreat "by the first train" from this gambling paradise where he fiz zled on a SI 00,000 singing con tract by failing to appear on stage. The temperamental star lost the fattest contract he has had for six months when he left 700 newsmen, celebrities, and free spenders stranded without a star performer at the lush New Fron tier hotel. Misses Opening Lanza failed to appear for a glittering opening night per formance at the newly remodel ed hotel and casino Monday. Late Tuesday the hotel an nounced it had cancelled his contract. A spokesman said the hotel had no plans to sue the singer for breach of contract. Lanza let it be known only that he would take his entourage of 11 back to California by the first possible train. Those who traveled to Las Vegas with him for the scheduled two week ap pearance included his wife, four children, his makeup man, train er, and maids. Favorable Report The announcement that the New Frontier had cancelled Lan za's contract came after a tenta tive report from Lanza's doctor that he "is physically in shape to go on." The official reason given for Lanza's failure to appear on Monday was "an attack of laryn gitis and an upper respiratory infection" brought on by the change of altitude. DIGGING IN Nationalist Chinese troops dig in on their Island outpost, Matsu, off the Chinese mainland. U. S. Admiral Robert Carney stated recently that the Reds were ready to attack the island about April 15. In Washington, a number of senators de manded that President Eisenhower make clear whether the U. S. would defend the ,Matsus and Quemoy. Witnesses Tell Of Mismanagement By Helser Firm San Francisco (U.R) The Securities and Exchange Com mission ' trotted five witnesses into federal court yesterday in its attempt to prove the J. Henry Helser and Company investment firm guilty of mismanaging client capital. Among those was Jacob Skeen, 72-year-old retired ma chinist from San Bernardino, Calif. He testified his original account of $60,000 dwindled to $48,000 or $49,000 after little more than two years. Should Double Skeen said that J. Henry Hel ser, presicfent of the firm, told him the account should double itself within eight or 10 years. The government has charged that the Helser company vio lated certain 'fraud provisions of the investment and securities act and had carelessly handled cli ent's money. Helser has offices in Portland, Ore., San Francisco, Los An geles and Riverside, Calif. Admitted Check Boost Under cross examination by Helser attorney Robert E. Burns, Skeen admitted he asked the company to boost his monthly checks to $600, and was told at that time part of his principal would have to be used. Burns then told Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman that Skeen's account closed out at $54,434 in stead of the older man's figure. He said also that Skeen had re ceived $12,350 in payments dur ing a 24 month period. New Homes Will Have Air Conditioning Minneapolis (U.R) One of every eight homes built in the United States this year will have central air conditioning, a lead ing manufacturer predicts. Richard M. Locke, air condi tioning market director (for Minneapolis-Honeywall Regulat or Co.), said studies by his firm indicate about 150,000 air-conditioned homes will be built in 1955. Last year about 75,000 new homes were provided with central air conditioning. Locke predicted that by 1958 there will be more than a mil lion air-conditioned homes in the country. Eventually, he said, central air conditioning will be nearly as common as central heating. Blighted Areas Sold To Private Developers Chicago (U.R) The highest courts in 18 states have ruled that re-development agencies may use the power of eminent domain to buy up blighted areas for re-sale to private develop ers. The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Of ficials lists the following states where this has been declared constitutional: Alabama, Arkansas, Califor nia, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi gan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York. Ohio, Oregon. Penn sylvania. Rhode Island, Tennes see and Wisconsin4 Gold Hill Council Approves Sanitary Authority Measure Gold Hill The Gold Hill city council this week went on record as favoring Senate Bill 434, which would provide legal ma chinery to aid in the solution of sanitation problems." The bill was introduced into the Oregon legislature by Sena tor Philip Lowry of Jackson county. Cosponsors of the bill were Senators D. R. Husband and J. O. Johnson and Reps. E. H. Mann and E. A Littrell. tne measure is permissive legislation which would leave establishment of sanitary au thorities on a local basis In other action, the , council approved purchase of a second hand vehicle to be used by the city as a service truck. The new vehicle will replace a 1940 panel truck whih has been used by the city for several years. Preliminary work on chang ing the city reservoir system re ceived approval. The council . is seeking a method of assuring an adequate supply of water even when one of the two reservoirs is being cleaned. . The council also authorized investigation of the possibility of obtaining a weed burner which also could be used to heat paving material, and a study of the cost of placing a woven wire "climb proof" fence' around the city sewage disposal plant. The meeting was recessed un til Monday, when the council is expected to start preparation of the city's 1955-1956 budget. Court Records POLICE COURT Wallace M. Larson, no operator's license. $5. Marion L. Kusel. violation of basic rule. $10. Dorothy I. Forrest, no operator's license S5. Buster G. Jones, violation of basic rule. $10. Walter D. Woodcock, violation of basic rule. Sib. Pat Williams. 36, of 1716 North Riverside ave.. driving with suspended operator's license. SIOO. Alba L. Wooton, violation of basic rule. $10. Dennis V. Halsey, violation of basic rule, $10. Roy William Lunborg, failure to stop at stop sign, $5. Donald E. Hale, violation of basic rule. $10. Ruth M. Stark, violation of basic rule. $10. Paul Robert Matheny, Robert Gor don Smith and Snirley Milton Croucher, violation of basic rule, $10 each. Louis Lee Porter, failure to yield right-of-way to pedestrian, $10. Miriam Elizabeth Ward, failure to stop at stop light, $5. Clarence Nilton Dunham, Roy M. Baker. Albert Edsall Eitemiller, Ed son C. Jerome, William Harold Reich stein and Robert Palmer Templeton, failure to stop at stop sign. $5 each. Walter Caster, failure to stop at stop sign and no operator's license, $10. D. W. Knight, contractors, diagonal parking, 52.50. Vaughn W. Clark, parked more than 12 inches from curb. $2.50. Eugene D. Wheeler, front end of car parked more than 12 inches from curb, S2.50. Dan Haas, parked on wrong side of street, $2.50. DISTRICT COIRT Richard J. Borch Jr., no motor ve hicle license $6. Robert L. Goodman, failure to op erate motor vehicle on proper side of highway. S10. Ronald R. Malson, violation of basic rule. S10. Kenneth A. Bristlin. failure to stop at stop sien. S10. Elmer William Summers. 44. Pros pect, driving while intoxicated, for feited S255 bail. Loren Lee Fleming, - inadequate muffler. $10. Carolyn McQuigg, violation of basic rule. S7.50. Richard B. Harrison, no FUC per mit. S15. Albert F. Costelo overload. $140. Jesse D. Suttle, Fred B. Baldwin and Frank Girard, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. ' Elizabeth Thompson, parking in private driveway. $6. Donald M. Bur nil. no motor vehicle license. $10. Cletic Baker, inadequate lights- $6. Robert L. Hamilton, one headlight, $10. California Scientists Take Moisture From Atmosphere Menlo Park, Calif. U.R) Two Stanford Research Institute scientists are working on a "basically sound" system for al leviating California s growing water supply problem by taking moisture out of the atmosphere Dr. Robert Eustis and retired Navy Capt. Howard B. Hutchin son said that if their plan proves "economically feasible" there may be a valuable new source of water for the state's parched farming regions and metropoli tan areas swollen with new populations. But Eustis emphasized in an interview that "all of our work so far has been purely prelim inary, and we are in no position at the present time to make any sensational claims." Eustis said he and Hutchinson have asked the institute for a 510,000 grant to continue re search. If they 'get the money, they should be able to deter mine by the end of this summer whether their system can be adapted for commercial use. Eustis said the idea "is so fundamental it's really not a new concept." But, he added, "so far as I know it has never been tried before in this country. In the tests we have already made we have proved that the system is basically sound," he said. Eustis is a mechanical en gineer attached to the institute's physics department. Hutchinson, a meteorologist is in the chemis try department. Sheet of Metal Their tests began last fall when they constructed an as yet unnamed apparatus in the Stan ford foothills near here at about the 750-foot level. The apparatus was strikingly simple. It consisted of a black sheet of metal reinforced under neath by fiber board insulation. This unit was propped up on stilts and placed in a slanting position. At the base was a small bucket. There were no motors in fact no moving parts of any sort. The tests were conducted at night. Eustis explained that the metal surface was painted black to heighten its condensation powers. He said tfye purpose of the insulation was to protect the metal from heat escaping from the ground. The process was this: . The moisture-laden air, with temperature of about 60 de grees f ahrenheit, passed over the metal, which had a temperature of between 40 to 50 degrees. As the warm air made contact with the metal, the resulting conden sation produced tiny droplets of water which rolled into ' the bucket. v r ' Eustis said the process was effective only at night, when the mean ration of moisture is about 7.3 grams per kilogram of air in the test area. He said the condensation was more con stant along the immediate coast, but added that the process also would work a short distance in land, if the region was not blocked from the ocean by moun tain ranges. Soft Water He said the process would pro duce best results in the spring, summer and fall, but very little water could be collected in the winter because fog and clouds block condensation. Eustis, cautious with any pre dictions of what the system would do, said that during the preliminary tests "a very rough estimate is that in one evening we collected about one-25th of a gallon of water per square foot of metal surface." "Speaking theoretically only, we think that for each 25,000 square foot area of metal sur face an estimated 1,000 gallons of water could be collected dur ing an eight-hour period," he said. Eustis added that if the proc ess passed the final tests, he "conceivably could envisage large metal installations all along the coast." "Cities could have their own installations, much the same as a reservoir or a dam, dnd indi vidual farmers culd put up smaller units to gather water for their own needs." he ex plained." "We don't claim this process will solve California's water problems, but we do know it is technically sound. In this man ner, we definitely can extract moisture from the air, but only extended tests will determine whether it is practical.and there fore economically feasible." He said the watef would be most valuable for irrigation, but, with filtering, it also could be used for cooking and drinking. "It would be a great boon to women, too," he said. "The wa ter you get from the atmos phere is extremely soft and would be very welcome for washing hair and doing the dishes.' , FIRE DESTROYS PLANE Ontario, Ore. (U.R) A single engine aircraft owned by Harry Schuler of Ontario was destroyed by fire yesterday evening at the Ontario airport. The blaze started when sparks from the owner's welding torch ignited the fabric covering. Daily Weather Report DATE April 8, 1955 Sunset tonight 6:42 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:44 a.m: . FORECASTS i Medford and vicinitv: Fair through Thursday. Low tonight 35. High Thursday 68-70. Western Oregon: Fair and con tinued , warm tonight and Thursday except cloudy and becoming cooler along coast Thursday afternoon. Low tonight 35-43. High Thursday 62-75, except 55-60 along coast. Northern California: Fair tonight and Thursday but local fog along coast beginning tonight. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURES Mean yesterday 48: below normal 2. Record high this date 83 in 1934. Record low this date 26 in 1921. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month trace.' JO inch, below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 7.59 inches, 7.02 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 21, highest this a.m. 86. CITY High Low Free. Brookings 66 41 Crater Lake 40 20 Grants Pass 71 32 Klamath Falls 5G 27 MEDFORD H9 34 Portland 68 38 Seattle 61 36 Spokane 56 32 Yakima 66 29 Eureka 57 43 Red Bluff 74 40 Sacramento .. . 72 40 San Francisco 67 41 Los Angeles 74 52 Phoenix Denver . Chicago Miami 70 46 70 79 New York 68 Washington. D.C t8 45 29 40 71 49 52 CIRCUIT COURT Wendal L. Wilson vs. Tillie V. Wil son, appearance and divorce decree. Jim H. Freeland vs. VIenrietta M. Freeland, divorce decree. Shirley M. Myers vs. Charles W. Myers, divorce decree. Lillice Mae Johnson, vs. Earl War ren Johnson, divorce complaint. Alice Jane Slade vs. Eugene Francis Slade. divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS John H. Eller, 34. of route 1. box 36. Ashland, and Valeita May Calhoun, 34. of route 1. box 36. Ashland. James Leon Guss. 21, of Box 393, Central Point, and Gail Arden Harris, 21. of Box 133. Central Point. Clyde Thurmond. 23. and LaVerna Seegmiller. 19. both Medford. Orbert DeWitt Lowery. 33. and Mary Belle Moore, 36, both Ashland. NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER! E. M. Hanawalt, D.V.M. Jackson County Dairy Breeders Association NQrhandy 4-1063 Weekday Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday & Holidays: 8 a.m to 10 a.m. Youngster Hurt as Car Starts; Condition Good Robert Melvin Little, 13, of 1900 Kings highway, was in jured at about 9:45 p.m. yester day in an accident in a down town parking lot, according to city police. Officers said the boy had tak en hold of a handle of a door on a car. operated by Lorin James Christean, 808 Agate St., when the Christean boy, who did not see him, started the car. The Little youth was thrown to the ground. He suffered fac ial cuts and bruises and shock. He was treated and released at Sacred Heart hospital. Former Janitor Best Read Poet Burlington, Vt. (U.PJ r-One of the best read poats at the University of Vermont is a for mer janitor at the school. Sam Baron, who's also been a publicist and salesman, expects his third volume of verse to be printed shortly. His first two books sold well. "Trailing Vines," Baron's first work, sold 150 copies the day it was published. "For Those Around Us," was his second book. Baron attributed some of the sales to medical college doctors and students who "wanted to find out what was going on in around. "My biggest pleasure is to hear people say they've enjoyed read- my head while I pushed a broom , ing my poems," he said. In Southern Oregon li's A Tradition To Enjoy EASTER DINNER At MON DESIR Easter Pinner Served Starting 3 pm Sunday JOE NEWMAN AT THE PIANO For Reservations Phone NOramdy 4-2513 IFP The Following WILL BE kr to permit their Christian employees to attend worship on this Most Sacred Day O Big Y O GROCETERIA O PIGGLY WIGGLY O LUMAN'S O PAULSEN'S O OAKDALE MARKET O O. K. MARKET O CENTRAL MARKET O GRANDVIEW MARKET Please Shop Early an She Week! Advertising helped make the difference as FARMERS DON'T RECKON with real horsepower any more a tractor can do the Job better. Today's farm is an opert.air factory with a specialized machine for every task. And America's mechanized farming produces more food . . . and better food . . than any other country 'in the world. But to mass produce the millions of tractors, plows, combines, pickers, ' cultivators that are found on modern farms, manufacturers must be able to sell them by the millions. Only by advertising can a manufacturer talk to millions of farmers at the same time., ADVERTISING TELLS the story of new farm machinery and equipment and helps sell it. The more it sells, the more must be made keeping the production lines and the Jobs going. The result: newer, better farm machinery at prices more farmers can afford to pay.- Advertising helped make the differenc in farming, and in our Amer lean way of life.: ' ' . Medford Mail Tribune
