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O O SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) Kansas City Police Widen Search for Missing Housewife Kansas City, Mo., (U.R) Po lice widened their search Satur cay but were still without clues in the mysterious disappearance and possible murder of young, Qattractive Kansas city house wife. G Several reports were doggedly investigated, including one that two men were seen dragging . the body cf a woman across the road near a lakeside summer hom maintained by Mrs. Wilma Allen and her automobile deal er husband, William R. Allen, Jr. Mrs. Allen, 34-year-old stat uesque brunette, was last seen Thursday. Her blood-spattered convertible was found in a near downtown parking lot early Fri day after her husband reported her missing. Mrs. Allen was the mother of two sons, Billy, 10, and Bobby, 8. Late Saturday, Police Chief Bernard C. Brannon issued a call to the Kansas City citizenry to assist in the search. He asked the city's radio and television station to carry spot announce ments throughout .tonight and tomorrow for residents to search their propery. especially in weedy or wooded areas. Weeds Found on Car The announcement: "Chief B. C. "Frannon requests that cit izen in the Kansas City area, especially those within a 10-mile radious, search weedy and wood ed locations on or near their property as an aid in the Allen investigation. A large quantity of fox-tail type weeds found on the Allen car may be significant (jn, pointing to the area to be .'Searched." A photograph of the weeds Q was supplied the T-V stations. "The investigation is stalled until we can locate either Mrs. Allen or a body," said Chief of Detectives Eugene Pond. Shady Cove Hen ' Lays Big Egg A New Hampshire Red hen owned by Mrs. Ellen Osborne, Shady Cove, recently laid an egg that was aboul five and q one-half inches in circumfer ence, three ' and one-fourth inches in length, and weighed a full eight ounces. Upon breaking the egg, Mrs. Os borne found another, smaller egg, besides the normal yolk and white of the large egg. . ine nen is unnamed yet. However, Mrs. Osborne says "Any chicken that does work like that deserves a name." thesQme? ss. eiecinc water heaters may -3 I,., WUI NATIONAL makts the difference! Hot water any time... When you turn on your shower faucet.you want hot water fast, and lots of it. Your heater may still look good on the outside -tanks often look alike-but performance comes from the inside. Let us show you the difference! 0 SPECIALISTS IN HOMEWARES i CENTRAL POINT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE p L: SCENE STEALERS Reuben B. Robertson Jr. of Hamil ton, 0., was sworn in as deputy secretary of defense m ceremonies at the White House, but center of attraction were the Robertson's six children. President Eisenhower congratulates Mrs. Robertson who is holding George, l. The girls are Louisa, 3, and Margaret, 6, gazing at the President Not shown are the Robertson's three older boys. Story of Buried Villa Gold Touches Off Police Alerts Corrsus Christi, Tex. U.P.) Texas cities alerted squads Saturday night to prevent possible digging for buried gold in a cemetery and a churchyard. There was no sign of treasure hunters Saturday after an aged Mexican spinster in California disclosed details of where Pancho Villa, the Mexican revolutionary leader and bandit, supposedly buried $1,500,000 worth of gold coins in Texas. Tesls Sites She named an old cemetery at Corpus Christi, "beside a high wall" that runs around a church in San Antonio, areas around Robstown and Roma, Tex., and on a ranch near a town she called Cinenia. There is no Cinenia, Tex., listed. The woman is Delores Vasquez, 76, who lives at Brawley, Calif., near El Centro. She said she was a nurse in Villa's army. The district attorney's office at El Centro took a deposition from the elderly woman. She willed the buried treasure, if it can be found, to the Disabled War Veterans organization. In Oldest Cemetery She said one' cache is in "the oldest cemetery in Corpus Christi." There is a cemetery three known as Old Bayview which dates back to Civil War days. El Centro officials said they were passing her story on to Texas authorities. Corpus Christi police kept a patrol car cruising in the area of the old cemetery- San Antonio police also were alerted but said there was no rush to dig yet. However, they foresaw possible attempts Saturday night. 10 US Soldiers IDIe Dn Korean Seoul (U.R) Ten holiday bound American soldiers died Saturday when an Army truck plunged over a bridge, burst in to flames and rolled over, pin ning many " of the GIs beneath its massive weight. Eight others were injured seri ously. The men were en route to an airfield in a U.S. 24th Division truck for a flight to Japan and a holiday of rest and recreation leave. Eight Killed Outright Eight of the soldiers were kill ed outright. Another died en route to the 121st Army Evacua tion Hospital and the other died after reaching the huge medical center. The Army said some of the other injured men were in such serious condition from:' injuries suffered when the truck crashed and burst into flames that they, too, may die. Many of the victims were pin ned beneath the flaming truck. On Way to Resort The GIs were on their way to a few days of pleasure in Japan ese cities and resorts away from the dreary monotony of soldier ing in Korea. The army said the group of happy soldiers were en route to Kimpo to board a military plane for leaves in Japan. The accident happened on a narrow bridge Dr. Robert E. Lee Optometrist Changing From "BIG Y" Market Building To a Convenient Downtown Location 309 East 8th Between Bartlett & Riverside Dial 3-5923 I Sunday, August 7, 1955 Police officials in at least two Accident over which traffic is regulated to move in one direction. The spokesman said Army in vestigators were studying the cause of the accident. Names of the victims were withheld. Cap and Gown Worn As Family Tradition Vermillion, S. D. (U.R) A cap and gown first worn by a South Dakota man 53 years ago was used by his granddaughter this year to carry on a proud family tradition. John F. Larson, the son of a Swedish immigrant, first used the garments when he graduated from the University of South Dakota here in 1902 after work ing his way through school!. In 1927 they were used by his daughter, Iva, and the following year by another daughter, Fla via. i,ouise Larson used the cap and gown in 1931 and her sister, Alpha, in 1934. This year the cap and gown were worn by Mary Holt, a granddaughter, when she re ceived her degree at U. S. R., branch of the University of Cali fornia, Riverside, Calif. Three other grandchildren also hope to wear them soon. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Mew England Polio Cases Near 2,000 Boston U.P.) New Eng land's polio cases neared the 1,000 mark Saturday and health department officials appealed for trained nurses to bolster weary hospital staffs. In Massachusetts Friday, 62 new cases were reported, equal ling a record for new cases in a single day. Boston, which has been hardest hit by the unpre dictable disease, reported 14 new cases. In other New England areas. New Hampshire had three more victims, Rhode Island reported five and Connecticut five. There were no new cases in Maine and Vermont. 308 In Five Days New England's polio total now stands at 747 with 308 reported in the last five days. There were 220 cases at this time last year. Dr. John Cauley, Boston's chief health officer, made an appeal for more nurses. "There are a number of bul bar and other cases in Boston which require a 24-hour watch and which rapidly exhaust our regular nurse supply," he said. Many Expand Facilities Health officials were also con ferring with administrative heads at Boston City Hospital and famed Children's Hospital in connection with possible expan sion of facilities to handle the mounting number of victims. In Brockton, city officails or dered police to don surgical masks and gowns when assigned to ambulance duty. Most of the LOW BIDDER Portland (U.R) P. L. Crooks and company of Portland sub mitted low bid of $28,600 for design, manufacture and deliv ery of a 15-ton mobile crane 'at Lookout Point dam on the mid dle fork of the Willamette river, the Corps of Engineers an nounced Saturday. I,, mm,n t f &r v'Haoww .. p "" -M:. -nte The long-striding, fast-moving man you see in this picture has made the right decision at the right time! For the past year or so, he has been think ing about a Cadillac and he has finally made up his mind. He is through with compromise and doubt and wonder. This time, he is going after the real thing! And how lucky he is that he made that decision today! For wonderful news of a special nature is waiting for him. He'll find, for instance, that Cadillac ownership is far more practical now than ever before. He'll learn, in fact, that the city's polio victims have been removed to hospitals by the Po lice Department. Everywhere in New England, recreational and camp directors were quietly issuing postpone ment orders for events that would throw large numbers of children together. Walter Calls for Subversive Label on Rosenberg Group Washington ' U.R) The chairman of the House Un American Activities Committee said Saturday he will ask the attorney general to list the na tional "Rosenberg" committee as subversive. Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.) said testimony by 21 witnesses at a four-day subcommittee hear ing proved the Communists "ex ploited" the trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the atomic spies. Charges Propaganda Used He contends Throughout the hearings that the National Com mittee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case was set up by Communists as a "front" to raise propaganda charges in an at tempt to discredit the United States and raise funds for their own use. - He told newsmen he will ask Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr., to add the group to his list of subversive organizations. Four former FBI undercover agents were among the parade of witnesses before the sub committee. They contended that Commu nists were "very active" in fund raising and propaganda drives on behalf of the Rosenbergs in figures He's Harriman Ducks ifical Query Albany, N. Y., (U.R) Gov. Averall Harriman's position as a possible contender for the 1956 Democratic presidential nomin ation became, in his own words, "964,000 question" Saturday. The governor was asked flatly if he could be a candidate at a news conference Friday on his return to the state capital from a 27-day trip abroad. Harriman smiled and said, "That is a S64.000 question and I am afraid no one is going to get the $64,000 ... at least to day." He eliminated himself from consideration for the second spot on the national Democratic tick et when asked if he would ac cept the vice-presidential nom ination if he didn't get the presi dential bid. "I don't think there is anv sence in trying to answer that question," Harriman said. "I said in 1952 that I was not interested in that office." Boston, Chicago, Detroit, and eastern Pennsylvania. The ope rations, they said, seemed to follow a fixed pattern of the na tional committee. , All but one of the other 17 witnesses all identified as having had a hand in the cam paign refused on the ground of possible self - incrimination to say if they were Communists. The lone exception was Mrs. Mildren Rothenberg. With three other exceptions, Mrs. Rothenberg and the rest also balked on the same grounds at saying if they had taken part in the Rosenberg campaign. Novelist David Alman, and his wife, Emily, who now live on a farm near Englishtown, N. J., readily admitted they once were the national committee's execu tive secretary and treasurer. But they ducked the Communist question, too, and refused to talk about any of their associates. Waited Long Enough ! lowest-priced Cadillac can be purchased for little more than he might expect to pay for a goodly number of the so-called medium-price cars. He'll also find that his dealer because of a low used-car inventory is in a position to offer him a very generous allowance on his present car. And he'll discover, that, because of Cadillac's greatly increased production dur ing the current year, he can take title to his new Cadillac after a surprisingly short wait ing period. And all these special inducements, of course, are in addition to the other great 'There Ain't No Justice Lucky Luciano Naples, Italy (U.R) Charles (Lucky) Luciano, former New York vice king, lamented Sat urday that so many "fat-headed cops" are giving him a hard time these days that "there just ain't no justice." Lucky's latest wail about in justice came when reporters ask ed him to comment on publish ed reports from New York that he was suspected of being "in the background" of three narcot ics rings smashed there this week. "They're a bunch of fat-headed incompetents and can't catch the right guys, so they say it's me," Lucky moaned. Dirty Shame "It's a dirty, crying shame," he said. "I am an ideal citizen." Luciano, who was deported from the United States as an un desirable alien in 1946, admit ted he knew one of the 11 men arrested in the New York nar cotic roundup which netted 75 pounds of pure heroin. This was Settimo Accardi, 53, better know as "Big Sam." "I haven't seen or heard of Big Sam in 10 years," Lucky said. "It's a dirty, crying shame. I don't see any of my old friends anymore. I go and eat in a rest aurant once a day and I don't even go to the race tracks. Still they make me a fall guy." Won't Come Out Lucky glanced around outside DR. MILTON R. SNOW OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS PRACTICE AT 214 MEDICAL CENTER BLDG. in association with Dr. G. A. Dierdorff Cadillac virtues such as legendary de pendability and long life . . . remarkable economy of upkeep and operation ... and traditionally higher resale value. All in all, he's walking in on the motor car opportunity of a lifetime! And how about' you? Have you been postponing your dreams of a Cadillac? If so, there's no reason to wait any longer. Come on in and see us. Let us put you behind the wheel of a Cadillac . . . and give you the whole, wonderful story of the "car of cars." We think you, too, will decide that you've waited long enough! Complains his swanky apartment and growl ed: "You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna go inside my ap artment and close my door and never come out again. As it is, I'm so penned up here I might as well go nowhere." Actually, Luciano cannot go very many places. On his 58th birthday last Nov. 19 a Naples police commission slapped a two year restriction on him which limited his activities sharply. Under its terms, he can't leave his home here between dusk and dawn, can't travel more than 16 miles from Naples, and can't frequent public places such as the Agnano race track which, had been his favorite place of pleasure. "I'm an ideal citizen," Lucky said. "But no matter what I do, I'm always accused of something, no matter where it happens. O "There just ain't no justice!" The first American newspaper advertisement wai believed one published in the Boston News Letter in 1704. 20 Off on All Top Coats! NEW FALL SEASON MATERIAL During the Month of August Onlf CHRIS THE TAILOR 0 36 N. Bartlett Tel. 2-8473 O O 0 SKINNER'S GARAGE i 143 S. Riverside Med ford Phone 2-6234
