SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, April 6, 1953
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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.
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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
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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!
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"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
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STANDARD OIL COUPANY OF CALIFORNIA