Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1955)
SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, April 6, 1953 5 1 V-nr i An fla &BM FATAL FIRE Entrance to the Cine Rio movie house in Liege, Belgium, blazes after an oil heater exploded during a matinee performance. At least 39 persons, 22 of them children, were killed and 100 others injured. Many of victims were trampled to death in panic that resulted after quick-moving flames cut off .one of the three exits of the crowded theater. Estate of Promoter Sued for Swindle San Francisco (U.P.) One hundred and ten angry Califor nians have brought suit in court against the estate of a high pres sure "oil land" prompter who allegedly swindled them out of $120,000 before he died four years ago. The suit was brought against the estate of the late Robert Rus sell Sidebotham, who was kill ed in an automobile accident in Idaho four years ago at the age of 63. Morris Lowenthal, attorney for the plaintiffs, told Superior Judge George W. Schienfeld there were actually "233 victims in the swindle, but some still refuse to believe Sidebotham cheated them." Other suits are pending in Colorado and Idaho. Corvallis (U.R) Nearly 200 business students from 26 Oregon high schools will take part in the seventh annual con vention cf Future Business lead ers of America April 15 and 16 at Oregon State college. Siskiyou Historians To Hear Old Settler Yreka, Calif. The regular meeting of the Siskiyou County Historical Society will be held Saturday, April 9, at 2 p.m., in the Museum with John Thakara as speaker. Mr. Thakara, a resident . of upper Butte Valley since the 18S0's, will reminisce on his ex periences in that historic region, claimed by the Modoc Indians as their ancestral home until the final defeat of their war party in 1873. Much of the area was an arid and inhospitable land and settlement was accordingly de layed. Its history has been but scantily written and Mr. Thaka ra's talk is expetced to add much to the record, according to George Exline, secretary of the Historical society. A step forward in the war against high blood pressure is claimed for a new compound, made of an ancient Indian rem edy, rauwolfia, and a western world drug, methium chloride. Tried on 13 hypertensive wo men, its significantly lowered the blood pressure of 11. More Trouble Seen For London Papers London UJ?) . A warning from 10 powerful printing trades unions that they plan to make further pay demands forecast a possible new round of trouble today for London's strikebound newspapers. ' Preparations went ahead for a public inquiry into the wage dispute that has kept Fleet Street presses idle for 12 days. The warning came from the Printing and Kindred Trades Federation, which represents the bulk of the newspaper mechani cal workers in the London area. It does not include the 700 mem bers of the electricians and me chanics unions whose walkout caused the present strike. A Ministry of Labor Court of Inquiry into the demands of the electricians and mechanics is scheduled to open tomorrow. Los Angeles (U.R) The Un ited Air Lines announced it has signed contracts for installa tion of radar in its passenger fleet and expects the equipment to be in service this fall. Russian Hangs Self To Prevent Return Vienna (U.R) A Russian iden tified as a member of the Red diplomatic service in South America hanged himself in a Vienna hotel room rather than return to Moscow, Austrian po lice said today. A second Russian who shared the same hotel room and who also had orders to return to Mos cow found the body Sunday and disappeared immediately, police said. The Russians ordered Austrian officials to join the hunt for him, they said. The dead man was identified as Boris Grankow, 43, a Kharkov-born Russian whose creden tials showed him to be a mem ber of the Soviet diplomatic mission at Maracaibo, Venezu ela. Police said his hanging was obviously suicide. Commercial Uranium In Douglas Doubted Roseburg U.R) A number of radioactive samples from Doug las county are in private and government assay offices, but public officials see little possi bility of commercial amounts of uranium here. The Myrtle Creek Mail re ported that a group of men from Myrtle Creek and Canyonville has filed on 200 acres of state owned land near Milo. The news paper said the men are prepar ing to tunnel and run core drills to find the source of the radio activity. Robert Kischel, head of the Douglas county lands depart ment, said he had heard of no evidence that might lead him to believe there are commercial amounts of uranium ore here He said thorium may be causing the radioactivity. Bridge Railing Falls Into Malheur River , Ontario, Ore. (U.R) A 20- foot section of bridge ' railing fell into the Malheur river after an auto accident Saturday a mile north of here. State highway crews installed a temporary wooden section ua til the railing can be replaced. Devout Moslem women in East Pakistan believe turtles help them bear children. North of Chittagong a strange shrine, the Temple of the Turtles, houses hundreds of enormous specimens in a stagnant pool. O MILK IS RICH IN" So it just happens that calcium is that little item that makes for good teeth, builds strong bones, keeps the whole body functioning smoothly. "Fine," you say, "I'll take a pound of calcium, please." Only it doesn't work that "way. Calcium is minerals, not merchandise. And Nature peddles this particular ware in milk, and largely milk alone. , You can't store up calcium. You need new supplies all the time, at all ages. If you drink milk for calcium alone, it's a bargain. i i V 1 1 Geology Class May Be Formed in Area The Northwestern Mining Council, Inc., will meet -Thursday, April 7, at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium of- the Jackson school. A proposal for the establish ment of a school to teach the rudiments of geology in this area will be discussed at the meeting, according to President Frank DeSouza. Bruce Manley, attorney and director for the council, recently submitted the proposal to the Oregon State System of Higher Education, and was advised that if 15 or more persons desire to take such a course arrangements will be made for it to he held at Southern Oregon college in Ash land. If held, it would consist of three-hour classes once -each week for ten weeks. R. W. Roe, geologist with U. S. Vanadium company, Uvan, Colo., will speak on uranium mining. Ore samples from Colorado pro perties will be shown, and he will comment on them. " He is here on vacation en route to inspect mining property in California. Lester Sibley will speak on mining in . southern Oregon. Lo cal firms will have geiger coun ters and. scintillators at the meeting for exhibition to mem bers of the council, and pros pectors have been requested to bring in ore samples for testing. Dusk-Dawn Curfew Imposed in Saigon Saigon, Indochina-XU.R) The Viet Nam government has put a dusk to dawn curfew on Sai gon city and rushed troop re inforcements to this capital to guard against a coup by rebel war lords. ' . With 24 hours to go before the armed truce runs out absentee Emperor Bao Dai cabled an ap peal to U.S.-backed Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and the rebel lead ers to continue the cease fire another 15 days. The Viet Nam chief of state, who lives on the French Riviera, asked for more time "to find a national and durable solution and reestablish concord among the children of Viet Nam." Observers predicted both sides would probably accept . the appeal. Crater High Concert Scheduled Tonight Central Point A pre-contest concert will be given tonight at 8 o'clock by the Crater High school band of 50 members and choir of 90 members, it has been announced. It will be in the school auditorium. Music to be played will in clude that to be used during the Southern Oregon Music festival in Medford this week end. No admission will be charged and the public .will be welcome. Easy Shrimp Creole :Jff " Tastes just right with BLUE Canned Shrimp Hearty, hurry-up meals are easy with plump, ready-cooked Blue Plate Canned Shrimp: add them to well -seasoned, home made tomato gravy. Serve over rice for quick. Shrimp Creole. Or add Blue Plate Shrimp to salads for a new treat. Try 'em too in chop suey, omelets, soups, casseroles. Blue Plate Shrimp give tempting variety to dishes by the dozens. Blue Plate Shrimp come from the sunny Gulf of Mexico home waters for nature's best-tasting shrimp. Enjoy their sea-fresh flavor often. Ready to eat. No peeling. No waste. A S-o. can of BltM Nat Shrimp it equal to 1 lb. whota raw ihrimp. USE TRIBUNE WANT ADS! REMEMBER . . . DAIRY FOODS ARE YOUR BEST BUY! 1 "Pint-size" refineries help us keep gasoline prices low Folks who like a bargain don't have to look any farther than the gas tanks of their cars. For despite a steady increase in quality, gasoline prices have remained low and Standard Oil Company of California's table-top refineries are one good reason why. They are pint-size laboratory pilot plants that en able our scientists to develop cost-cutting manufac turing methods for each new gasoline before we put it into production. With the aid of these rubber and glass forerunners of multi-million gallon refineries, we've worked with car manufacturers to perfect bal anced gasolines designed to bring out more efficiency and economy from today's higher compression engines. We've learned how to squeeze more gasoline from each barrel of crude; and most important we've found ways to manufacture increasingly better gas at consistently low prices. Today's gasoline, for example, is 50 better than motor fuels of 1925, yet costs just a few pennies more. The combination of research and competition has held gasoline prices down so effectively that they've advanced only 17 (excluding taxes) since 1925 while general living costs have gone up 52. Even though our pint-size refineries make gasoline by the drop, they are one reason why Standard products give you a longer run for your money. Standard plans ahead to serve you better " ? ''''''' STANDARD OIL COUPANY OF CALIFORNIA
