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'A Nkhoft Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN United Pratt Washington (U.W What's new In Washington: The Pakistan Embassy had a fashion parade, showing what a lady can do with a bolt of burlap if she puts her mind to it. There were 1 o v 1 y things, run ning the line of stitch from play clothes to evening dresses. Am bassador Syed Amjad All said he wai very happy, and added, "We are in favor of real pro gress, but we are afraid of substitutes." I i J" 1 Herman Nichols Mrs. George White, nurse at the infirmary of the new State Office Building, was a little miffed the other Monday when a reporter came in and wanted a thorn dug from his rose finger. "Another one of those do-it-yourself guys," she complained. "It happens every Monday. If Attorney Named To Defend Youth Astoria (U.R) Attorney Gor don Sloan was named today 'to defend 19-year-old William E. Kent, an AWOL Army private, on a child stealing charge in connection with the 40-hour dis appearance of seven-year-old Tcmmy Woodard. Kent appeared in Justice Court here yesterday and bail was set at $25,000, after the charge was filed by District At torney Thomas E. Brownhill. Tommy, who disappeared Sun day afternoon, was found early yesterday and directed searchers to a tent where Kent was camp ed, ' Sheriff Paul Kearney said he would question the boy further after the lad had a chance to rest. Police in Portland said Kent had a juvenile record there. When arrested yesterday Kent said he had only $20 left out of some $700 reenlistment money. He said he had been AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., since May 10. Ambulances Sent Prior To Accident Johannesburg, South Africa U.R) Ambulances with- sirens wide open sped toward the scene ef a train crash Tuesday, min utes before the accident hap pened. Station masters at two stations about-50 miles from here real ized they had sent two freight trains heading toward each other on the same track but were pow erless to stop them. So they called for ambulances and awaited the crash. One man was hospitalized with minor head injuries but every one else jumped clear before the headon crash which telescoped several freight cars. W. NICHOLS Furar Writer you fellows can't afford a gard ener why don't you buy your roses at a flower shop?" Eleanor White pulled in her horns a little when the reporter went out and brought back a bouquet of violets. No thorns. J Rep. James C. Wright Jr. of Texas took his young son, Jimmy III, and a little chum, to Mount Vernon to have a look at George Washington's home. The kids somehow disappeared and when the Democratic law-giver finally collared them, Jimmy was all ex cited. "Gee, dad," the lad said, "We found a wonderful cave out there in the woods." "How about this place where Washington slept?" Dad said. 'This is education." "Shucks," said the kid, "We can see a house anywhere even in Texas." The deputy assistant secretary of public affairs for the Defense Department dropped into the press rooms at the Pentagon the other day and was shocked at what he saw. D. Walter Swan was indeed in a tizzy. "These dirty desks have got to go. Look at this litter," he said. The re porters in the room were as polite as a newsman could be under the circumstances, but made it clear that if Swan so much as touched one bit of what looked like trash well. One reporter got his back up and told the deputy assistant: "Can't you see this stuff is classified?" The "inspector" laughed, got the point, and left quickly. Dr. William M. Mann, director of the Washington Zoo, has given the Smithsonian Institution his unique collection of more than 117,000 specimens of ants. Dr. Mann, who thus puts the Smith sonian in possession of one of the largest such collections in the world, picked the ants up one at a time in his travels to places like Haiti, Honduras, Brazil, Guatemala, the Solomons, the Fiji Islands, Europe and the Near East. New Moves Possible For Release of Fliers Washington U.R) A private dinner party attended by United Nations Secretary Dag Hamar skjold and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles raised specu lation -today of possible new moves to free American fliers jailed in Red China. Hammarskjold flew here late Tuesday for the dinner at the Swedish embassy with Cana dian, British and American, of ficials. There has been reports since the recent Afro-Asian conference at Bandung, Indonesia, that the Red Chinese were planning to release the fliers. Hammarskjold made a trip to Peiping earlier seeking their release and has been working on the problem since. Salem (U.R) The annual spring meeting of shipping point supervisors of the State Depart ment of Agriculture will be held in Bend Thursday and Friday. Wednesday, Mar 1955. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIT! State drivers license examiners will be more easily recognised by the pnblie this summer following issuance of a new suit-type anlform, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry discloses. The new brown uniform will be worn from now on by the 4e drivers license examiners stationed throughout the state, following the practice now in force in most of the nation's other states. Modeling the new outfits above are, from left, A. P. Ramseyer, R, L. Miller, C D. French, and O. P. Driggs, all examiners working ont of the Salem branch. Medford Nazarene Church is Largest Of Denomination Just &r looking you get 1RR GEE at our ( i - rtvi I i; -sjjjjjjfijjjjsisssssssseassssssssss' 111 a If ' 7 spnnftro ' J 1 TradeAnsl I SPRING PARTY! 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Official delegates of the Med ford Church of the Nazarene to the assembly are Mrs. Ella Her man, Mrs. Mattie House, Mrs. Madelyn Hum, Mrs. Lulu Lar son, Mrs. Orpha Leschensky, and Ed Taylor. They will remain in Salem until the close of the assembly, at noon Friday. All-time church records have been set by the Medford church during the past year, according to a report made to the congre gation last week by the Rev. R. W. Hum, pastor. At that time, a goal of an additional Medford Church of the Nazarene was ap proved for the coming year. FESTIVAL PRINCESS Portland (U.R) Blanch Ruth Krulik, a native of Hono lulu, who has lived in Portland four years, is Portland's first 19155 Rose Festival princess. The five-foot-two-inch, ,108 pound beauty was chosen by students at Roosevelt high school. Truman Saves Speech Efforts for Campaign Jefferson City, Mo. (U.R) Former President Harry S. Tru man apologized as he addressed a joint session of the Missouri legislature because "when I spoke to you the last time . . . I promised the next time I would make a bang-up political speech. "I want to save that effort for the 1956 campaign," Mr. Truman added. He appeared before Missouri legislators Tuesday. He previ ously spoke at a joint session on May 12, 1953. The former president, in his speech, defended his foreign pol icy decisions while the nation's chief executive and said that if he were called upon to do it over "I would make the same decisions again." . He warned that U.S. with drawel from the United Nations would be a "preparation for a third world war and destruction of the world." The UN, Mr. Tru man said, is "our only hope for peace." MUST HAVE HAD FEAST Farnborough, England (U.R) British Army bugler Jack Fury got 112 days in the guard house for stealing 24 eggs and a half-pound of bacon from the mess hall because "I was hungry that night." Industrial Wafer Eyed at Coos Bay Coos Bay (U.R) The Pa cific Power and Light company is willing to spend $150,000 to find a supply of industrial wa ter for the Coos Bay area, Paul B. McKee, Portland, president of the company, told an em ployee meeting here yesterday. Search for a large supply of wa ter, he said, was begun by the company last year shortly after States Power company, its merger with the Mountain McKee said the company is spending $500,000 in the Coos Bay district this year on con- ! struction of electric facilities and plans in addition to a new $150, 000 warehouse in Coos Bay for this fall. Bill Allows Indians To Lease Their Land Washington (U.R) The Senate Interior Committee yes terday approved a bill allowing Indians to lease their lands for oil or mining expeditions and other purposes. The leases would have to be granted on competitive bids with the approval of the secretary of interior. The committee also approved a bill requiring an affirmative vote of Indians before law en forcement on their reservations could be ceded by the federal government to the states. The bill would amend a 1953 law which conferred civil and criminal jurisdiction over In dian reservations to the states of California, Minnesota, Neb raska, Oregon and Wisconsin. The measure would require a plebiscite on the switch at the request of the tribal council or 20 per cent of the adults on the reservation. Non-Supporting Dads To Face Prosecution Ontario, Ore. (U.R) E. Otis Smith, Malheur county dis trict attorney, said yesterday he intends to prosecute fathers guil ty of non-support. Smith said he knew of 32 cases of "flagrant violations", of sup port orders, all involving non support of dependent children. He said he plans to take legal action as fast as possible. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. 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