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.
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the difference
as
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. . than any other country 'in the world.
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talk to millions of farmers at the same time.,
ADVERTISING TELLS the story of new farm machinery and equipment and helps
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