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PoMndiing ESaiinis Continue in Southland By UNITED PRESS Pounding rains continued in the Southland today, but zoom ing temperatures malted bliz zard snows In the West. Three days of freakish, sav- g3 weather across the nation's louthern half had left at least five persons dead and property damage estimated in the hund reds, of thousands of dollars. More persons were feared dead in the collapse of a 100-foot bridge over the flood-swollen Homochitto river near Wood ville, Miss., yesterday. At least three vehicles, and perhaps four, tumbled into the raging water?. Natchez Police Chief S. C. Craft said "The water is too high and swift to get to the cars. We don't know how many people have died." The vast spring storm started with blizzards in the northern plains which swept into Okla homa an Texas. Choking dust storms then hit the Southwest, while tornadoes and record- breaking rains swept from Texas into Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi. The savage squall line ripped Mobile, Ala., with a tree-toppl-irig twister and drowned the gulf city in 13.30 inches of rain in lers than eight hours yesterday. The Mobile downpour topped an 1874 record of 12.73 inche? and prompted a pretty dentist's assistant, Kathy Francher, to go to work in a bathing .-uit. Mean while boats were used to nearby rural areas to rescue flood-trapped families. Other twisters hit the Ala bama tri-cities area of Florence, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. Three persons were injured, roofs were torn off, and 30 homes and three downtown Sheffield buildings were destroyed. The storm spread farther east across Dixie and took the form of a pea-soup fog along the Atlan tic Coast. A seaman was- killed and another was injured when two freighters collided in a fog bank off the North Carolina capes. The fog was also blamed Murder Charge Pending For Killing of Wife Portland (U.R) A murder charge was to be filed today against Willie Moore, 64, of Portland who police said shot and killed his wife, Ora, 60, last night, climaxing an argument over the break up of their marriage. Moore shot his wife three times with a .32 automatic at her home. She died instantly. Moore then gave , himself up to police. for a fatal traffic accident. Heavy rains continued In the Southeast and Central Atlantic states today, dumping 1.26 inches of rain on Savannah, Ga., and 1.13 inches on Flattop, W. Va. In the West, meanwtiile, the damage of a freak April blizzard could not yet be estimated be cause communications to many Texas communities were still out. A bright sun and warming temperatures melted eight - foot snowdrifts today.. Roads in Southeast Wyoming and North east Colorado were open to mo torists who were willing to travel at a' crawl and snow-clcgged roads in Texas and New Mexico were expected to become open today. The surprise blizzard maroon ed hundreds of travelers, includ- On The Side by e. v. Durimg (Dittribtrt4 by Kinf Fatur Syndicate, Inc.) Tf yoo o love m well I. Then every minute from yur heart. A thought doe part. And wimed with desire doei fly Till it has met in a stramht line A thought of mine. Mav you then often think of my. And by that thinking know it is true I thought of yon. Herbert. What are you going to give your wife as a wedding anni versary present? Don't tell me. It's none of my business. But will you take a suggestion? Give her a watch and have this in scription on it: "At any hour of the day I love you." Of course, it would make a good wedding anniversary present for a hus band, too. But wives are more appreciative of gifts with a more romantic touch. Passing By Katharine Cornell. Disting uished lady of the theater. Great parts do much toward making great theatrical reputations. Miss Cornell was especially fortun ate in that respect early in her career. She sprang into promin ence with the part of Iris March in "The Green Hat," following which she had another great role in "The Letter" and after that an even greater one in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street." Yes sir, opportunity really knocked on Katharine's door. Asides To the list of helpful hints on husband hunting should probably be added the recent observation by Maureen O'Hara: "If you want instant admiration appear in a red dress with a low cut neckline," ... It was George W. Brown, operator of a New York City gymnasium specializing in figure streamlin ing, who originated the highly provocative phrase: "How are you going to look in a bathing suit?" Asking Queries from clients. Q. How old was Rudolph Valentino at the time of his death? A. Thirty one. Q. What Js the origin of the so-called seventh inning stretch" in baseball? A. Origin ally the saying was: "All up for the lucky seventh." The home town fans stood up for luck, not to stretch. Briefly "How catty can those Scorpio females get? writes a Chicago Piscean. "A Scorpian makes the nasty remark that all Pisces wo men are flat-chested. Did she ever see Jean Harlow? Jean was born under Pisces" . . . while the question as to who originat ed Mother's Day is still disput ed, there is no doubt that Fath er's Day was originated by Mrs. John Bruce Dodd of Spokane, Wash. Mrs. Dodd's father suc cessfully reared a motherless family of six children. Beauty "I have seen a homely woman transferred into one of impelling beauty in several days time, by the Alchemy of love," said El eanora Duse. "Love not only creates beauty but where there is beauty already it preserves it. Women feed on caresses as a bee feeds on flowers. Sidelights Of all the records Bing Crosby has made my favorite is "Pen nies From Heaven" . . . Dance experts seem agreed most fat men are good dancers while most plump women are very heavy on their feet when trying to trip the light fantastic ... Do you consider yourself sharp as to United States history? If so, quickly name the date of the German surrender in World War II. Objection Chicagoan named Shirley says there is a man working in the same office she does whose first name is Shirley. "Shouldn't this character change his first name to something more manly?" She asks. Answer is that Shirley is originally a man's name. So is Florence. The real name of Fred Allen, the conscientiously whim sical airwave comedian, is John Florence Sullivan. ir.g 15 persons in a Greyhound bus near Capulin, N.M. The pas sengers lived on a single box of chocolates until they were res cued yesterday. Helser Admits Company Erred On Bond Transfer San Francisco (U.R) J Henry Helser, head of the Port land, Ore., firm bearing his name admitted yesterday that his com pany "made a mistake" in trans ferring bonds to preferred stock in the same company and charg ing a broker's fee. Helser testified for the fifth day yesterday at a trial on charges by the Securities and Exchange commission that his company violated fraud provis ions of the securities laws. No Personal Check He maintained, however, that although his company had made a mistake, only his clients who had accounts handled by two brokerage houses had suffered. Frank Kennemer, SEC attor ney, brought up the subject a second time under direct exam ination and asked Helser if he had personally checked the ac counts. Helser replied that he had not personally, but relied on the advice of the statistical department. Kennemer then introduced records of 157 clients in which all had been offered lor ex change from bonds to preferred stock and all of them had suf fered "disastrously." Helser then admitted he was not aware of this and was mis informed. Confidential Information He also testified that he had received confidential account market information from the head of a large textile corpora- tion which proved valuable for investment by his clients. Kennemer then introduced the minutes of an Helser executive meeting early in 1954 during which Helser was quoted as say ing in regards to the textile firm head: "I don't like doing business with people I can't trust." . Obviously embarrassed by the disclosure of what he termed "confidential company informa tion," Helser said he had chang ed his opinion of the executive since that meeting. Project at SOC Survives Slash Salem (U.R) Seven proj ects and nearly $4,000,000 were slashed from the Board of High er Education building program submitted to the joint ways and j means committee today by a buildings subcommittee. The board had requested $7, 900.000 for 13 projects to be built during the next biennium. The subcommittee cut the num ber of projects to six and recom mended an appropriation of $3, 975,000. In order of priority, the sub committee recommendations in cluded, Portland State College, $850,000; Southern Oregon Col lege, $450,000; Oregon State Col lege $1,800,000; University of Oregon, $550,000; dental school equipment, $175,000; and one third of a utility tunnel unit at OSC, $150,000. The money for dental school equipment was required because the Board of Higher Education has been unable to find a buyer for ht old structure. Proceeds from the sale were to have been usea ior equipping the new building. Thursday, April 14. 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNENINE WILSON TO SPEAK Pullman, Wash. (U.R) Presi dent O. Meredith Wilson of the University of Oregon will be the baccalaureate speaker at Wash ington State College June 5, WSC President C. Clement French said today. Stores To Join In Hardware Week Four Medford and one Ash land hardware stores join to morrow to start observance of Irha Hardware week, one of the nation's biggest retail promo tions. The firms which belong to the Independent Retail Hardware as sociation and which are partici pating in the joint promotion ef fort are Acme, Crain and Mohr, Hubbard Brothers and Siskiyou Hardware stores in Medford, and Bauder Hardware store, Ash land. The week April 15 to 23, will feature one of the nation's big gest promotion efforts, including local and national advertising. This week's Saturday Evening Post contains 40 consecutive pages of hardware advertising in connection with the event. More than 23,000 independ ent hardware dealers are partici pating throughout the nation, which features special prices on a wide range cf specially stock ed items, special store decora tions, displays of materials and equipment for do-it-yourself en thusiasts, and other promotion events. HEART DISEASE LEADS Portland (U.R) Heart dis ease is still Oregon's leading cause of deaths The Slate Baord of Health said today 5773 per sons died of it last year. Tonic Offered for Congressional Debates Washington (U.R) Each mem ber of Congress today was of fered a 25-pound supply of "a spring tonic guaranteed to in ject a pungent flavor into the dullest of congressional de bates." The free offer with no strings attached was announced by Rep. Joe Kilgore (D-Tex.). Kilgore and other members of the Texas congressional dele gation are all set to help distrib ute from a semi-trailer truck some 20,000 pounds of sweet, Texas-grown, Bermuda onions. Viewing Cherry Blossoms Becomes Free-for-All Chichibu, Japan (U.R) Eye witnesses reported a free-for-all between two groups of cherry blossom-viewing sake (rice wine) drinkers rivaled a Japanese "Western" movie in excitement. Thirty Tokyo taxi drivers and 32 firemen from nearby Chiba Prefecture mixed it up with empty beer bottles and walking sticks after an argu ment. Eight persons were injured, one seriously, by the time police restored order. THE DIFFERENT HOT CEREAL-NOW BETTER THAN EVER! TODAY'S IMPROVED CARNATION INSTANT WHEAT! Wnation WSTAHT m Y ON 3-LB. CAN OF- s It's Easy -Simply ) ( 1F SNIP THESTRIP' ) Here's all you do: C i- IWith ordinary scissors, snip the KsJT''' 1 . - ' word SNOWDRIFT from the J ' " ZZ'l ' strip you unwind with key from tf 7q a 3-lb. cdn. (Cut, easily!) fig-- Wl fiJ ' . 0 K j 2 Send to Snowdrift in handy f5'f I IWTMTlVn TllHMli mailing envelope you get lYiAl-, l J I I II II II fill II 11111 S at your grocer's. 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