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' V"! WHO CARES? Mrs. Mary L. Kayes, 43, of Rhinebeck, N. Y., laughingly enters court at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., for her trial on charges of failing to yield a party telephone line to a fire warden who wanted to report a fire last Jan. 21. Farmer Donald Townsend and the fire warden testified that one of the women on the line at the time said, "Let the damn thing burn and get off the line." Phoenix HS Slates Closing Activities Phoenix The annual spring concert by Phoenix High school musical organizations in the gymnasium this Friday night will start school closing activi ties here. School closes June 3. Friday, May 27, an awards as sembly will be held in tfee high school gymnasium, and awards will be presented to students who have excelled athletically, scholastically, and in various school and community activities. Baccalaureate services will be held at the Phoenix Presbyte rian church Sunday, May 29, at 8 p.m., and following a holiday Memorial Day, commencement exercises will be held Tuesday, May 31, at 8 p.m. In the high school gymnasium. Final examinations will be given for both grade and high schools Wednesday, June 1, and students will pick up report cards at 10 a.m. June 3. There will be no classes that day, and bus schedules will be announced later. .. . V Terrorists Stalk Streets of Saigon Saigon, Indochina (U.P.) Reb el snipers stalked the streets of Saigon today in what officials said was the beginning of a large scale terrorist campaign gainst American-backed Pre mier Ngo Dinh Diem. Two loyal Viet Namese offic ers were shot and killed and two others gravely wounded by the roving terrorist bands last night. The gunmen were believed mem bers of the Ninh Xuyen gang of ex-river pirates whose private army was driven from Saigon by Diem's loyal troops after vio lent street fighting. The new "offensive" game came as Diem pressed urgently for talks with the United States, France and Britain to bolster his shaky4 regime. Informed sources said the Big Three almost cer tainly would reject DienVs pro posals for a four-power meeting. Buying MILK Today? Reach for GILLIAN'S Six Phoenix High School Students Earn Scholarships Phoenix Six Phoenix High school students have been award ed scholarships, school officials have announced. A Parent-Teacher association four-year full scholarship has been awarded Miss Kay Marie Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin C. Fisher. 308 Sec end st.. Phoenix, at Southern Oregon college. She plans to ma jor in teacher education. Miss Fisher also received a state schol arship at SOC. The Rogue River Valley Col lege Women's club has awarded a $100 scholarship to Miss Nancy Kate Hammers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A., Hammers, 4069 South Pacific highway, Med ford. She plans to attend OSC. Miss Hammers also received a state scholarship for OSC, where she plans to major in pharmacy. Miss Janice Sandra Stevens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Stevens, 5025 South Pacific highway, Medford, received a $150 scholarship from Pacific university in Forest Grove. State scholarships to SOC have been awarded to Miss Raydene Chisum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chisum, 3960 Hilsinger rd., Medford; Miss Audrey Hite, daughter of Mrs. Georgia Smith, 1597 Camp Baker rd., Medford; and Brison Stovall. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Stovall, 3654 Allen lane, Medford. On The Side By E. V. Durling Cyiirributed by King Features. Syndicate. Inc.) Wednesday, Mar 135. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NIN1 Flexible Support Foes Eye Victory Washington U.R) Oppon ents of the administration's flex ible farm price supports claimed the votes today to push the House approval program of high rigid supports through the Senate Agriculture Committee. Some supporters of the admin istration's plan conceded that the administration may lose a round in committee. But Senate farm leaders differed about the fate of the farm program if the Issue reaches the Senate floor. A presidential veto was con sidered all but certain if the House approved bill should clear the Senate and wind up on the President's desk. Nose counting and trial bal ances of strength were the order of the day as the Senate Agri culture Committee was called into closed session to consider the House passed bill. It would restore the 90 per cent support level on the five basic crops. Spokane Hotel Guests Flee Threat of Bombing Spokane (U.R) Hundreds of persons were evacuated from the downtown Davenport hotel during the dinner and cocktail hour last night after a man call ed police and said "I've planted a bomb in the Davenport hotel and it'll go off at 7 o'clock sharp." No bomb exploded, however, and firemen and police who searched the building said they found no evidence of ?nything resembling a bomb. Police Capt. Harrison Cox said, "we're convinced it's a hoax." Story Illustrates Russian Thoroughness Frankfurt, Germany, (U.R) U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Raymond E. Bell tells this story to illus trate the thoroughness of Rus sian military intelligence. Attending a recent interna tional reception in Berlin, Bell was introduced to a Russian of ficer as chief of staff of the U.S. VII Corps. "I beg your pardon," said the Russian to the man introducing them, "General Bell is with the V Corps." WE OTMMfEl H-HOUR I X YOU'LL IMPROVE ANY RECIPE THAT CALLS FOR FLOUR WITH KITCHEN CRAFT all-purpose pQUH WSAFE17AY STORE HOW many kisses do I ask? Now you set me to my task. First, sweet girl, will you tell me How many wavet are in the sea? How manv stari are in the sky? How many lovers you make sigh? How many sands are on the shore? I shall want just one kiss more. MAXWELL Am asked how many cigars I smoke daily. Answer is eight. That's not so many. Henry BA-usse of Minneapolis is re ported to have smoked twelve cigars or more daily for over seventy years! Henry is said to have started smoking cigars when he was 9. I didn't start smoking cigars until I was 12. When I was 9 I smoked a pipe. Superior Sex "How silly for the females to claim theirs is the superior sex," comments a male subscrib er. "Compare the achievements of the males in literature, art and science with those of the females. The male is far in the lead. The greatest designers are men. The greatest hairdressers are men. The most accomplished experts on the rearing and care of in fants are men. Men are better cooks than women. Also men are better looking than women. Few er men are overweight. Men have better complexions and better looking natural hair. However, when a woman is slipped into a two way stretch, a set of falsies, a pair of expensive nylons and she applies powder, lipstick, rouge, eyebrow pencil, eye shad ow and has her hair dyed and gets a permanent, she can at times look pretty good, but who wouldn't with all that artificial aid and equipment?" Passing By Jimmy Durante. Himself, in person. Jimmy made his debut as an entertainer at Diamond Tony's, Coney Island. He was 15 at the time. He acquired the job because of his skill in playing a piano number called "The Wild Cherries Rag." Dur ing his days as an entertainer at Coney Island, Durante was known as "Ragtime Jimmy." SideligRts Phonograph records by George M. Cohan are collector's ilsms. George only made seven record ings during his entire career. One of these was "Life Is a Funny Propositition After All" . . . Hay fever, asthma and bald ness are all hereditary . . . Perry Como, the capable crooner Medford Officials Leaving for Conclave City Manager and Water Su perintendent Robert Duff and Robert L. Lee, assistant water superintendent, left today for Yakima, Wash., where they will attend the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest section of the American Waterworks associa tion. They will return to Med ford Sunday. About 300 city officials are expected to attend the meeting, which will feature discussions of inadequate water supplies dur ing summer months. Winston Berkeley, director of water puri fication at Eugene, is president of the Pacific Northwest section. The oldest and most impor tant Army headquarters in the United States is the Presidio of San Francisco. e COMMITTEE AIDE Miss Bernadine Johnson (above), a Newark, N. J., lawyer, is in Washington to fill her ap pointment as assistant coun sel to Senator Estes Kefau ver's Senate subcommittee to investigate juvenile delin quency. She is a graduate of Washington's Howard Uni versity and Newark's Rutgers School of Law. EXPERT LAWNMOWER SERVICE Sharpening Repairs Power Mower Repairs Brigg-Stratton Clinton Power Products Parts and Service SIMS CYCLE & HOBBY SHOP 23 No. Fir Phone 2-2472 from Canonsburg, Pa., is the ! seventh son of a seventh son. ! Please Note As for towns named Paradise, there is a Paradise, Pa.; Para dise, Mich.; Paradise. Calif.; Par adise, Tex.; Paradise, Ky., Para dise, Utah; Paradise, Mont.; Paradise, Kan., and a Paradise, La. But there is only one town named Hell and that is in Michi gan. Asking Querries from clients. Q. Has there ever been below zero weather in Florida? A. Yes, sir. On Feb. 13, 1899, in Tallahassee, the thermometer registered 2 be low zero. Q. Can an entertain er's billing slogan such as "The Assasin of Grief," "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas." "Mother Eve's Merriest Daughter," etc., be protected by law? A. I be lieve it can. Flo Ash billed as "The Cutest Little Nudist" suc cessfully protected her exclusive right to that billing in a court action in California. Asides It is frequently claimed Irene Dunne introduced the touching ballad titled "Smoke Gets in Y6ur Eyes." She didn't. It was introduced in the original stage version of "Roberta" by Tamara Drasin, professionally known as "Tamara." . . . According to the Swedish liquor laws an intoxi cated man must be sent home in a taxicab at the expense of the bartender who sold him the last drink. Bronco Billy The first great western film or "horse opera" star was "Bronco Billy" Anderson. His real name was Max Aronson. He was afraid of horSes and had a great dislike for them. He never rode a horse until he became a film actor. Never rode one after he gave up acting. Annual Spring Concert Scheduled at Phoenix Phoenix The Phoenix High school music department will present its annual spring concert Friday evening. May 20, in the high school gymnasium. The program is one of the highlights of the school year and promises a varied program of musical entertainment, accord ing to Harry R. Kannasto, director. The program will open with a 51-piece concert band perform ing standard band classics, nov elty numbers and marches. There will be several soloists. The mixed chorus and girls' chorus will also give a program of varied choral music of which sacred, secular, and popular se lections will be performed. The public is invited. Thert will be a small admission charge. v VICTIM IDENTIFIED ' bridge into the Willamette river Portland (U.P.) Police iden- yesterday as 25-year-old Ralph tified a man who plunged to his Petersen of Portland, a Korean death from the Ross Island war veteran. in Portland hotel B E M S O N Y for superb service in WIlTllM tradition It's the sen-ice extras you get from the Benson's attentive staff ' that make your stay in Portland so enjoyable. You'll also enjoy the convenience of the Benson-on-Broadway in the heart i of the theatre and shopping district WESTERN HOTELS INC. tttrt's that faaeii m'MU' wtlgM style bow that b oN the kids talking! It's eel the eew Btndk MuM-SpeW eesn with buiit-ia power-ceester brake . . . tattey new Sdtwnm US Ttr- moo tires . . . fan the neat tee fcinatiee lor speed and eere bility. Sv mw at Ibis joedef few prinl Guaranttwl by Schwkm long-AtYeeOw4i USE OUR SCH WINN E-Z PAYMENT PLAN MmlmCxMuWi ' Fwtr-CMsHrBnie 9 Nm Srtwtat t.TS Torn Tirol Spot wdDunMer Special Sdwta SittntaFliM fcMalMekt siMs ROM 23 NO. FIR CYCLE and HOBBY SHOP PHONE 2-2472 h-h-h-h OOP o -inn nnnrinnnna Look what Mr. Peterson told those financiers! Mr. Alfred G. Peterson, a forth right man, addressed the con vention of the Savings Associa tions League of N. Y. State and boldly discussed the matter of advertising of his own free will. Mr. Peterson, who is president of the National Savings and Loan League, and president of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Greenwich, Connecticut, spoke as follows: . feel that advertising is a very profitable investment. But we should not buy advertising blindly. We should give careful consideration both to the appeals and the media we use." And listen to this ! - "The medium which tops the list is the medium that reaches trie greatest number of people at the lowest cost. It is my opinion the newspaper is that medium " But that isn't all . . . "I place the newspaper at the top of the list because it reaches the local market. All of us are really conducting local businesses. "We may be bound together into a nationaljn dustry, but our spheres of influence are entirely local. "The newspaper reaches precisely the people we want to reach." Ah, Mr. Peterson you are a man who knows his investment! Last year the institution headed by Mr. Peter son invested 5 of its gross income on adver tising, and more than 60 of that went into newspapers. In only ten years this Association multiplied its total resources eight-fold! Gosh! If savings and loan people themselves advertise think how they must feel about lend ing money to people who work for sound com panies who advertise soundly in newspapers. All business is local. . . and so are all newspapers! This message prepared by BUREAU OF ADVERTISING, American Newspaper Publishers Association, . and published in the interests of fuller understanding of newspapers b The Medford Mail Tribunr
