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o SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, August 17, 1955 Contractor Held Is Robber of Bank Cckerman, Miss. 4U.PJ FBI men have arrested a local build ing contractor as the lone rsked bandit who robbed his home town bank of 846,000 last Wednesday. (J"he suspect is Dual King, 43, ,g)-ho recently lost out in a nine way race for election as sheriff. He was picked up last night while vacationing, with his fam (Dy near Selmer, Tenn. An FBI spokesman said some money has been found. But he wouldn't say whether it is part of (She bank loot. Fellow townspeople have ex pressed surprise over the charges against King. King in sists he is innocent. Fraud, Embezzlement Bring Terms in Prison Portland (U.R) Two Port land men have been sentenced to federal prison terms today by U.S. District Judge Claude Mc Colloch in separate cases. Morton L. Vines, 38-year-old former president of Vines Credit Jewelers, Inc., was given con current 18-month sentences on four counts of mail fraud involv ing fictionalization of some S200.000 worth' of sales con tracts. A 15-month prison term was drawn by Murray Enz, 38, for mer manager of the Pittock Branch of Portland Trust Bank. He was charged with embez zling about $50,000 in -bank funds. Both sentences will be served at McNeil Island federal penitentiary. O . tor MEW 1956 Admiral TELEVISION SETS fc Top Front Controls fc Super Cascode Chassis 4r Aluminized n- t.L riciure luoe 3-A- nntir.Filtsr rren r i Prices Start at $139.95 AT COUEY'S APPLIANCE STORE 321 E. 6th St., Medford In the Littrell Parts Building O Phone 3-5433 Open Wednesday Until 9 P.M. Medford Ninth in Building for July Medford ranked ninth in Ore gon in the value of building per mits issued last month, accord ing to figures compiled by Equit able Savings & Loans associa tion. Medford. issuing $180,533 in permits, dropped from the fifth position it held in July of last year and was 23 per cent short of the total for June, 1954. Statistics over the 47 largest cities in Idaho, Oregon, Wash ington and British Columbia showed the combined total dol lar volume as having risen .3 per cent higher in July, 1950 than the same month a year ago The report pointed out that the dwelling dollar volume, as separated from the total volume, showed a one per cent decline from its comrjarative period last year. Total valuation of permits filed in July reached SJi.vio, 621. comDared to S3L573.114 in July, 1954. By state and pro- ince the figures show that Ore eon volume is ud six per cent, Washington down 14 per cent, Idaho up 37 per cent and Bnusn Columbia up 47 per cent. Corvallis Man Dies When Struck by Auto Oakland, Ore. (U.R) A 66- year-old Corvallis man was killed instantly yesterday after noon when he was struck while crossing the highway about 10 miles north of Oakland in Doug las county.- State police said Merritt A. Dilley had tire trouble while driving with his daughter, Roxie Ethel, and had pulled to the side of the road near Rice Hill. He was returning from a trip across the road to get a bucket of water when he was struck by a car driven by Donald M. Cook, Portland. The accident occurred just north of the junction of Rice valley road and U.S. Highway 99. a O ) o o o o o NOW you can get PAINT. POWER TOOLS...MAJOR AP PLIANCES -and ANYTHING ELSE YClll NFFri rsn FAST HARDWARE BUDGET TERMS 1 i ucme's C o Just Arrived! OAKLAND WOOD HEATERS im ' 9 fioom Size 3 Room Size $750 Th Most Efficient Wood Heater Built! Get yours now on our convenient BUDGET PLAN or have one put back en our eaiy LAY-AWAY PLAN! Be prepared for winter comfort with our OAKLAND. So ACT NOW! Come In and Sign Up Today! 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Schmidt, whose wife, Una, 21, says she remarried while he was in a Chinese Communist prison, will file for divorce. Mrs. Ferguson could be his star witness if a court fight develops. Una Hints Desire For Reconciliation Sacramento, Calif. (U.R) A copper-haired Una Schmidt, who married a husky lumber jack and set up housekeeping in a trailer while her husband sweated out a Chinese Commun ist prisons, has hinted she'd like a reconciliation. But Husband Number One, Airman Daniel C. Schmidt, says no. Schmidt's Sacramento attor ney, Howard P. Welch, said the airman will file for a divorce from Una and seek custody of their two-year-old son, Daniel Jr. Schmidt returned to this coun try last week with 10 other air men who had been held prison ers for 32 months after their B-29 was shot down over Korea to find his wife saying she had married Alford D. Fine. After a dramatic meeting in Nevada City, Calif., Schmidt and Una went their separate ways. Now his attorney, Welch, said that Una spoke to Schmidt's mo ther in Portland, Ore., and hint ed that she might want to go back to Danny. Said Welch: "I haven't advised Dan wheth er he should take Una back. That's his personal decision. But he has flatly said he is not in terested in reconciliation." Both have been in hiding since their Nevada, City meeting, ex cept for a brief time yesterday Massachusetts Polio Outbreak To Continue Boston, Mass. (U.R) Health officials in Massachusetts pre dict a continuation of the state's polio epidemic. They said there is little hope of a letup, for several days. The Health department said 136 new cases were reported yesterday, bringing the total for the year to 1,371. Forty-four victims have died. The Federal government is taking action to make sure Salk polio vaccines gets where it's going. The food and drug administra tion soon will begin tracing ship ments of the polio shots to guard against any possible black marketing. The Administration will hire 48 investigators to track each lot of vaccine released under the government's voluntary distribu tion program. Something Wrong At Walla Walla Prison Olympia (U.R) Gov. Arthur B. Langlie says there is some thing wrong at the state prison at Walla Walla but that he's not prepared to say who is to blame. Two rebellions have broken out within the past six weeks at the Walla Walla institution. Langlie said inadequate fi nances and lack of maximum security facilities pose the main problems in maintaining order at the prison. Yakima County Sheriff Bert Guns said he asked that 15 lead ers of the July riots at the prison be transferred from his jail be cause as he put it "the State was sitting on its hands" in provid ing new quarters for the men at Eastern State hospital. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5 :30 previous day. when Schmidt came out of se clusion to pose for United Press telephoto pictures. Around Hollywood ' By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent Editor's note: Aline Mosby is on vacation. Guest columnist Anne Bax ter writes about her makeup prob lems in playing a queen of Egypt. By ANNE BAXTER Written for the United Press Hollywood '(U.R) Ever since Eve's pearly white teeth bit into that apple, there's been a booming market in femmes fa tales (or reasonable facsimilies). Partly because I'm an actress, but chiefly because I'm a wo man, I've been doing research in the field of feminine allure since I was about 10. Now my knowledge of beauty secrets has been greatly enlarged by playing the role of Nefretiri,- the Queen of Egypt, in Cecil B. DeMille's "Ten Commandments." Nefretiri ruled the glamour arena, some 3,200 years ago, and it's surprising how much the ladies of that day knew about the art of stalking a man. The eye, someone said, is the window of the soul and the Egyptian beauties seemed to know that it was an extremely lethal weapon. They were ex perts at dramatizing the eyes. The big difference between eyes then and now was in the amount of paint applied. We don't like obvious make-up in 1955. They had terrible mir rors of burnished copper and I wondered if the Egyptian glam or girls overdid things a trifle because they just plain couldn't see enough to be subtle. Wide, soft lines of kohl (soot or charcoal in oil) outlined the eyes in ravens wing curves. Powdered malachite in salve, a blue-green, glistened over and just under the eye. Cheeks were tinted with an ointment of red claV. Their lipstick was pure car mine. Sounds a bit thick, doesn't it? But their eyes were larger and brighter, their mouths softer and more challenging. Nefretiri and her royal hench women also thought feet were glamorous. They made their toes, heels and soles rosy with car mine, and hennaed the nails; adorned them with anklets and toe rings. Might be an idea for the beach this summer but gently though, someone might .think you'd stepped on an old pop bot tle. Manicures? Yes, but what agony. They soaked cloths in henna, laid them across their palms, clenched their little fists, tied them and stayed that way all night. They didn't have to worry about hairdos because Egyptian belles were all as bald as bil liard balls. Wigs were high fash ion for cleanliness and comfort. The climate along the Nile was scorching and wigs were a bless ing they could always take them off en boudoir. Perfume didn't exist. But the gals aroused their swains with oils, ointments and unguents. This was achieved by soaking flower petals in oils. One trick was to set a gorg eously perfumed candle on the noggin, light it and wait. Must have smelled divine but can you imagine scraping melted wax out of last night's wig or eyebrows? Wheat Men Protest Corn From Midwest Spokane, Wash. (U.R) Wash ington wheat growers have charged that moving mid-west surplus corn supplies into the Pacific Northwest could knock down the prices of local feed grains. The Washington association of wheat growers is protesting against government plans for bringing the surplus corn into the region. Association Presi dent John Stephenson, Benge, said the Northwest already has a grain surplus carryover of 100,000,000 bushels. He added that Washington grain growers fear the corn from the midwest might be released to replace northwest wheat and barley as feed. Earl Corey, the Commodity Credit Corporation's regional di rector at Portland, said the first of some nine-million bushels of midwest corn already is on its way to the Pacific Northwest. He says four-million bushels of Montana wheat also will be moved into the Pacific North west for storage. Hillsboro Child With Foster Folks Hillsboro, Ore. (U.R) Nine months-old David Martin Casteel is back with his foster parents today, at least for the time be ing. The Washington County Wel fare commission decided that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Remington should keep the chubby child until a final court decision is forthcoming. Circuit Judge R. Frank 'Peters earlier yesterday had placed the baby in tempor ary custody of the Welfare com mission. A court decision is due the last of the month on whether the child will remain with the Rem ingtons or be returned to his real parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arn old Casteel. A few days after his birth the Casteels signed pre liminary adoption papers. Later they changed their minds and asked the court to return cus tody of the boy to them. Weather Bureau Needs Old Records Washington (U.R) Maybe you have some old diaries, let ters or newspapers the Weather Bureau would like to see. They have to date back to 1870 or earlier, and they have to mention weather. The' Weather Bureau already has detailed daily records of our climate since 1870 when the Army Signal Corps established a weather service which later became the present Weather Bur eau. Now, scientists feel that they may be able to compile a reason ably accurate record of weather conditions that prevailed in var ious parts of the country before 1870, from information gleaned from the attics of America . . . in old diaries, letters, newspap ers or Farmers Almanacs. If you have any such material in your possession and want to help out with the project, get in touch with the nearest U. S. Weather Bureau. The bureau will microfilm your documents and return them to you. Kidnaping Suspect Enters Guilty Plea Portland (U.R) Jesse W. Moore, 63, yesterday changed his plea from innocent to guilty on an attempted kidnaping charge and Circuit Judge Wil liam Dickson ordered a pre sentence investigation. 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