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Killer of Mates
Gets Life Term
Tulsa. Okla. fU.R! Grandma
Nannie Doss, who poisoned four
of her five husbands, today was
sentenced to life imprisonment
for murder.
The plump defendant, who
pleaded guilty last week, chewed
gum as usual and listened with
a fixed smile as District Judge
Elmer Adams read the verdict.
Adams said it will still be pos
sible for another state to prose
cute the 50-year-old self - made
widow. She is charged with mur
dering four husbands in Kansas,
North Carolina and Alabama.
She was charged here with the
murder of Sam Doss, her fifth
husband and a state highway de
partment employee, who died
last Oct. 10 after eating break
fast prunes she had seasoned
with rat poison.
She confessed she killed four
of her husbands by giving them
arsenic. Authorities suspect she
had a hand in the suspicious
deaths of nine other relatives, in
cluding her mother.
Clover Resistant To
Stem Disease Developed
Champaign, 111. 0J.R) A
new variety of medium red clov
er, resistant to northern anthrac
nise, a stem disease, has been re
leased by several midwest agri
cultural experiment stations after
10 years of testing.
C. N. Hittle of the University
of Illinois' agricultural school
said a limited amount of seed
will be available in 1956.
The new clover, named Dol-
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years ago.
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should also have written the most inspiring words
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
SANTEE ON SPOT Accord
ing to a report in The San
Francisco Chronicie, track
star Wes Santee took "far
more than legitimate expense
money" in recent appear
ances in meets at Los An
geles, Modesto and Fresno.
Santee (above) in Los An
geles, denied the charges,
stating: "I have done nothing
to affect my amateur stand
ing. Every dime I've received
has been according to the
book." The Amateur Athletic
Union will investigate the
charges.
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Thursday, June 2, 195S
Forks of Salmon Kids
Tell Thanks
Story Describes Trip
The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce has received a
letter of thanks from the eight youngsters at Forks of Salmon,
Calif., who were guests of the chamber for one magnificent day
of adventure in Medford recently. 4
The letter was addressed to "Dear Chamber of Commerce."
and concluded, "Thanks again for everything." It was signed by
all eight of the children who made the trip.
Paper Tells of Trip
Enclosed with the letter was a copy of the "Papoose," the
school paper at Forks of Salmon, which is a five-page, duplicated
publication. One full page is devoted to a description of the trip
and its thrills for the young people, none of whom had ever been
to a "large city" before.
Here are excerpts from the story:
. "Have you ever dreamed of something wonderful that you
thought would never, never happen to you in this world and then
out of a clear blue sky have it come true? ...
". . . It happened in Medford, Oregon, Thursday, May 20th.
It happened to us because Katharine George wrote a letter to
the Medford Chamber of Commerce asking them for information
concerning points of interest . . . We talked quite a bit about it
at school but we thought maybe nobody cared too much about
us little 'hill-billies' until finally a letter arrived and Katharine
brought it up to school and the teacher read it to us and we
selected the things we would like most to see and do. That of
course wasn't hard because we had never seen nor done too many
things. Then more correspondence and finally the day THE letter
arrived asking us to Medford as guests of the Chamber of Com
merce!.' No More Lessons
"There were no more lessons that afternoon because we
planned what to wear, what day to go, what time to leave, what
to do if Rachel got car sick because she said 'I'll get car sick,
Mrs. Brown, you just wait and see!' (She didn't.) Raymond and
Hoop said, "Do you think they will really let us ride in the police
car or are they just stringing us kids?" Dreams, you see, that we
thought could never happen!
"Finally the day arrived and we left the Forks of Salmon
school house at 5 a.m. all dressed up and off to Medford. And a
day of surprises and wonder wonder that people could be so
kind to us because, after all, they
rine or Mrs. Brown at all. Peggy and Betty wanted to shop in a
real store, so the manager of Mann's Dept. Store welcomed all the
girls like queens, and gave them a discount on what they bought.
Sam's Sporting Goods store gave the boys bait boxes for their
fishing. Mrs. Pree gave Katharine and Mrs. Brown lovely earrings
as remembrances of Medford (as if we needed to remember such
a time). The newspaper of Medford gave the children many copies
of the papers, and lead type with their names on them. The Presi
dent of the C of C gave them gifts from the bank and lunch at
the Jackson Hotel, from the C of C. It was delicious what elegant
apple pie. The radio station gave us soft drinks when it was so
warm and stars' pictures.
Wonderful City
"In fact, we think Medford is a wonderful city where the
people are just like those on the Salmon, kind, helpful and full
of fun. Big cities aren't so scary after all. They are like the Forks,
only more of - it.
"Fire Chief Gordon Barker and Police Sgt. Clyde Fichtner
spent the whole day with us. We liked both of them very much
and we think they were tired, too. We were tired but so happy
that we just had to sing all the way back to the Forks. We got
home at midnight. We are shy and we know it, but we will
never forget that day in Medford and all the people who smiled
at us andwere so good to us. We thank everyone so very much
and hope we will see all of you again."
NeW Red China Military
Machine Has Youth Accent
(Editor'! note: Red China, with
more than 2,000.000 men in uniform,
has announced it will start drafting
loon. Why? The following dispatch is
a study of the likely reasons behind it.)
Br WENDELL MERICK
United Press Correspondent
Hong Kong (U.R) Red
China has blueprinted a new mil
itary machine with the accent on
youth and brains.
Later this year, the National
People's Congress is expected to
give rubber-stamp approval to
compulsory military service in
China. The project appears de
signed to:
1. Reduce the size of the stand
ing army and therefore reduce
defense expenditures, and at the
same time, build , a massive
trained reserve.
2. Increase the navy and air
force.
3. Suck into the military tech
nicians and specialists, a cate
gory which has avoided service.
4. Weed out the battle-weary
veterans of the long battle to
conquer China and substitute
energetic youths, able to master
modern battle techniques.
The Communists freely admit
their army costs too much to
support despite the fact that
troops in garrison grow their
own food. Clothing and pay,
minute though the latter prob
ably is, nevertheless are a drain
on the economy.
Further, the Chinese do not
have the equipment now to give
every soldier, a rifle or a ma
chine gun or enough ammunition
to fire them. In Korea, attacks
usually found the first waves un
armed or if they did have weap
ons, when they fell, the second
wave scooped them up.
The Chinese lack, if not planes,
then pilots to fly them. They lost
heavily in Korea, for one thing,
and educated replacements are
hard to come by. Likewise, their
fledgling navy needs technicians
to man whatever warships they
can pry loose from the Russians.
Just'as Chiang Kai-shek's army
gets older, so does that of the
Communists. They need replace
ments for the veterans, some of
whom date back 20 years. Some
of the generals have been active
even longer. And the Reds need
to streamline their forces, mak
ing them aware of modern strat
egy and tactics.
The gradual process has al
ready started. Last Nov. 1, the
Reds began drafting 450,000 men
into the services. The. draft, a
one-shot affair, was scheduled to
be completed Feb. 28.
Indefinite Reserve Status
This contingent likely will
form the nucleus of the "new"
army, acting as cadres for future
draftees. The cream of this crop
probably will be, tabbed for big
ger things.
The proposed conscription os
tensibly is being studied at city
in Note;
didn't know us kids or Katha
and provincial level now and
will be introduced for consider
ation when the People's Con
gress meets later this year. It
calls for soldiers to serve three
years, airmen four years, navy
personnel five years.
In addition, once discharged,
the draftee automatically goes
into the active reserve for an in
definte period.
No hint was given as to the
size of the draft. But it seems
likely that in the first year it
probably will not exceed 500,000
men. The scarcity of persons to
tram them is the biggest prob
lem, since these presently being
drafted need a year or two to be
trained as well. For the time,
the Russians may supervise the
training program.
Judging from the proposed set
up, as outlined in the Communist
press, the army will be modeled
after the Soviet military.
Busy Building Has
Meditation Room
Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) In the
center of a busy office building
there is a room for meditation
and prayer.
It is a place where clerks,
stenographers, janitors, office
managers, salesmen and visitors
to the building can find peace
and quiet and escape the frantic
pace of the business world.
"The Light." as the mnm i
called, was the inspiration of
jane Fatrick, a vivacious bru
nette of 28 who works in the
building.
iMiss Patrick is chief clerk of
Draft Board 86 here. Often she
had wished, for a quiet and se
cluded spot where she could
reassure the troubled people
who came to see her.
Last December, when she
learned a room was being set
aside in the Capitol in Wash
ington, D. C., for prayer and
meditation, Miss Patrick asked
herself, "Why not here?" She
talked it over with businessmen
in the M.G.M. Building, and,
with the help of a Tuesday night
Bible study class, raised $405.51.
"The Light" is a room of soft
lights, growing plants, bright
draperies and cool gray walk.
It is non-denominational.
Miss Patrick is not resting on
her accomplishment.
If we could put a room like
this in every office building in
Memphis," she said. "I know
they're crying for one in another
building."
She plans to try to help them
get one. But there will be
no
gifts from churches.
"Business should do the job
she said.
War Correspondent
Memorial Scheduled
Washington 'U.R) A Me
morial to the 15 American and
foreign war correspondents who
lost their lives in Korea soon
will be unveiled at the Defense
department beside the one now
honoring 44 who died covering
U.S. forces in World War II.
The memorial to World War
II correspondents is the large
Pentagon pressroom where the
Washington reporters who cov
er military affairs do their
work.
Photographs of the 44 World
War II reporters are mounted
on a 6 by 12 foot map of the
world on a wall of the press
room. Pictures as far as possible
are placed on the map over the
geographic area where the re
porters died.
At the top of the map is a
commemorative plaque sur
mounted by the Defense depart
ment seal and carrying the leg
end "War Correspondents 1941
1945," and the traditional "30"
which signifies the end of a
story.
Little Woman Chases
Would-Be Holdup Man
Minneapolis (U.R) A stickup
man approached Mrs. Mary Mc
Glyrih, about 50, at her grocery
store here.
"There's going to be no rob
bery here," she shouted at him.
"I'll hit you over the head with
a bottle first."
She proceeded to shoo him out
and chase him down the street
screaming, "That man tried to
hold me up. Follow him.."
Two neighbors nailed the
would-be bandit, a six-footer
weighing 280 pounds. Mrs. Mc-
Glyn stands five feet, two
inches.
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Bacteria May Join t
Dental Decay Fight
Chiraeo (U.R) Rartpria mav
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one day be used to fight bac
teria in. the battle against dental
decay, it was reported here at
the annual meeting of the Inter
national Association for Dental
Research.
Dr. Charles A. Scrivener of the
College of Physicians and Sur
geons in San Francisco, described
his successful attempt to grow
and keep alive in the mouth cer
tain types of bacteria which fight
the acid-producing germ, lacto
bacillus. His work eventually may open
the way to control of dental de
cay, one of mankind's most com
mon afflictions, through adapta
tion of germs which now exist in
human saliva.
Butler Would Greet
Southern Demo Rebels
Chicago (U.R) Democrat
ic National Chairman Paul M.
Butler said last night he has
"no intention" of keeping South
ern "rebels" out of the party's
1956 convention.
Butler thus lined up behind
Adlai E. Stevenson, the party's
1952 candidate, who said recent
ly that the Democrats should'
take back "those who have
strayed and return in . good
faith."
Butler also had the implied
support of Stephen A. Mitchell,
the former party chairman who
caused a controversy recently
by saying three of the "rebels"
should not be admitted as dele
gates to the convention.
Butler made his statement at
a news conference in Mitchell s
office after conferring with him
all day. The two men apparent
ly reached agreement on how
to handle the Southern problem
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New York (U.R) Adlai
E. Stevenson attacked the Eis
enhower administration today
for its handling1 of the polio vac
cination program and for what
he termed its failure to provide
adequate funds for medical re
search. In a speech prepared for deliv
ery at ceremonies marking the
dedication of the New York Un-
iversity-Bellvue Medical center's
new medical science building
here, Stevenson also outlined
three "important points" for de
veloping a national health pro
gram aided by federal funds.
I don't think it required any
special clairvoyance to estimate
the demand for the vaccine, the
supply and the hazards of pro
duction and distribution, or to
foresee with the happiness and
lives of our children involved,!
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Fight Suggested To
Settle College Name
Lansing, Mich. (U.R) State
Rep. Richard F. Smith injected
a humorous note into the squab
ble over the proposed name
change of Michigan State College
to Michigan State University.
During legislative debate of a
bill to change the name of the
school, Smith suggested that
John Hannah, president of Mich
igan State, and Dr. Harlan Hatch
er, president of the University of
Michigan, "fight it out in the
ring" winner take all.".
University of Michigan balked
at the name change on the
grounds it would create confus
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