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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBTJWE RY8 Administration Accused off 'Sly' Tactics To Hide Dixon -Yates Contract Details Monday, August 22, 1955 o O o o FROGMEN TO THE RESCUE Mrs. Phoebe Baker is helped from second floor porch at Worcester, Mass., by frogmen into a National Guard duck as torrential rains from hurricane Diane flooded large sections of the city. Damages across six states ran into the hundreds of mil lions of dollars as the worst floods in the states' history swept the area. G O Ort The Side (Distributed by King By E. V. Durling Ftalu'aa Syndicata. Inc.) G When married couples pur chase automobiles the wife usu ally decides on the color of the car, or so it is claimed. The cur ious color combinations seen nnwadavs in so many automo biles reflects no credit on the feminine taste. The wrong color or color combination can make even the most expensive auto mobile look cheap. My choice for auto color is black, with red leather covering for the seats. Derby The American Derby, staged in Chicago for over 60 years, was once considered America's greatest race over the Derby dis tance. When Matt Winn began to bear down on the promotion of theKentucky Derby, the Chi cago event went into the back , ground. The Kentucky Derby "s success was largely due to Matt Winn, Frank Menke and Stephen Fostpr. What do I mean by in cluding Stephen Foster? Well, ti, he wrote, "My Old Ken tucky Home," and the playing of that for the post parade has had m-ich to do with making the Kentucky Derby a colorful event. Ovir Ther. Gasoline has become so high priced in Europe that some peo ple are touring Europe on scoot ers. It's a fact. These scooters can go 100 miles on a gallon of gasoline. Other tourists seeking to conserve their funds are using the small three wheeler type of O automobiles. These can travel shout 70 miles on a gallon of gasoline. Victims Research reveals that ' three Child Labor Law Reminder Issued Farmers whose products go ioto interstate or foreign com O merce were warned recently to pay strict attention to the child lafcor laws. Clt is illegal for a farmer to employ children under 16 years of age in agriculture during hours when school is in session in the district where the child nves. Madis R. Smith. Field Office upervisor for the U.S. Depart ment of Labor's Wage and Hour arid Public Contracts division in Portland issued the statement emphasizing the provisions in tfte law cconcerning child labor during school. Smith added that the farmer Is required to maintain records for every worker in his employ under 18 years of age while fthool is in 'session. These in Q elude the minor's name in full, date of birth, address of his per manent home, and where he lives while working, o Such records are to be retain ed by the farmer for three ears, Smith declared. O former Nationalist leader Under Arrest " Taipeh, Formosa !U.R) Gen. Sun Li-jen, former Nationalist military leader who resigned in connection with a Red spy ring, was unofficially reported today to be under house arrest. A board of inquiry appointed bv Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek ws scheduled to convene shortly to pass judgment on Sun, who admitted "negligence" in connection with a spy ring form- o ed by one of his subordinates. o Petunias are members of the petato family. times as many women as men suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. Why? Well,' sir, those who should know says it is because women work harder and longer than men, worry more and have less relaxation. It isn't the mid cle aged housewives who are most freauentlv afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis, but those at the 20 to 35 age group. Keep this in mind, sir. If your matri monial mate seems to be work ing too hard, put on your apron narked "his" and help her out. Horses and Women Note it said feminine band VO' calists sometimes referred to as "canaries" are now favoring "figure defining evening gowns." This brings to mind that it has been said, "silk was invented so women could go naked in clothes." Speaking of "figure de fining" outfits some film stars have worn before the camera gowns so tight that it was im possible for the wearer to sit down. Joan Fontaine wore a dress like that in a film titled, "The Affairs of Susan." Between camera shots Joan couldn't sit down. She had to lean against a board to rest. Names Ever meet a girl whose first name was duplicate? Chicagoan claims he knew some people who named their twin daughters Kate and Duplicate . . . Does your wife know who Charles Nessler was? If not she should blush for her ignorance. He in vented the permanent wave. This year is the 50th anniversary of that invention. Offers Glancing through the good old want ads I noted that office boys in Manhattan are being of fered $40 a week. A "busy exec utive" was seeking a chauffeur r.nd offering S60 a week for the job. Plasterers were offered S25 a day. Messengers were offered 550 a week with a notation that applicants "up to 50 years of age" would be considered. Asides Beauty contest winners rarely develop into film stars. One film company has signed 25 such con test winners and not one has been even good enough to de velop into a featured player . . The potato is not the only prod uct for which the State of Idaho is justly famous. It also produces the world celebrated Rocky Mountain rainbow trout. Lengthy Beauty Has any girl six feet in height ever won a beauty contest? That s what a lengthy young woman of Manhattan asks. The fourth and present wife of the Aga Khan is six feet. Before her marriage she won the title of "Miss France" in a beauty con test. ' Nurses Many registered nurses com plain they are underpaid. What is a fair salary for a registered nurse? One New York City hos pital I know of pays experienced nurses S300 a month. My experi ence with nurses has been lim ited but extremely interesting. Only time I have ever been in a hospital overnight was after an automobile accident in Paris. I spent, two nights at the Ameri can Hospital in Neuilly. I had three different nurses. All young, all beautiful. Judges Note a judge described as "a friend of the underdog and a ter ror of the dirty dog." This brings to mind that a pupil of the great Confucius once asked him, "Should good be returned for evil?" Confucius replied, "For good return good. For evil justice." Subcommittee Hurls Charges in Blistering Report Washington (U.R) Senate in vestigators have accused the White House and top administra tion officials of resorting to "shameful" half-truths and "sly" tactics to hide details of the Dix on-Yates power contract. The Senate's Anti-Monopoly Subcommittee made the charges in a blistering report on its re cent investigation into the gov ernment's handling of the contro versial project which President Eisenhower finally cancelled last month. The report, made public last night, said that throughout the Dixon-Yates negotiations the ad ministration showed an "atti tude of contempt toward Con gress and toward democratic processes which is politically un- p-.ijthy." Careless With Facts "ne of the shameful things about the Dixon-Yates deal," the group said, "is the way the President's staff apparently has played fast and loose with the iacts even wherever he is con cerned." Singled out for special criti cism were Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, Budget Direct or Rowland Hughes, Chairman J. Sinclair Armstrong of the Se curities and Exchange Commis sion, and Executive Director Kenneth E. Fields of the Atomic Energy Commission. The .subcommittees also said that a possible violation of the conflict of interest laws was raised by the dual role played by Adolphe H. Wenzell, a vice president of the investment firm which arranged financing for the Dixon-Yates combine. He dou bled as a Budget Bureau consult ant on the Dixon-Yates financing. Will Resume Probe The subcommittee report was signed by Chairman Estes Ke fauver (D-Tenn.) and Sens. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.) and William Langer (R-N.D.) the trio which conducted the in quiry. They plan to resume the investigation and issue a further report later. The interim report was pack ed with charges that administra tion officials used "sly formu lations, clever language, and le galistic characterizations" to con ceal the truth. It said they tried to circumvent Congress and to keep information from Congress and the public." The controversial Dixon-Yates contract has been under Demo cratic attack since its inception. It provided for construction of a $107,000,000 power plant by the Dixon-Yates combine at West Memphis, Ark., to supply power to Memphis, Tenn. The Dixon- Yates power would have re placed TVA power furnished atomic energy plants. Mr' Eisenhower cancelled the contract after the City of Mem phis announced it intended to build its own plant. . ... ; mt'l Si Mt I?. - - ' g$ 3? ' ' W : i URGING MARGARET to make up her mind, London Daily Mirror asks her for decision on whether she will or will not marry Group Captain Peter Townsend. At 25 she no longer needs consent of sister, Queen Elizabeth II. (InternatiovnD Makers of Paper Napkins Go All Out to Show Quality Chicago (U.R) Jean Thomas wrapped an apple in a paper nap kin and dunked it in a glass of water. For this sort of activity she is well paid. About an hour later she lifted the. napkin from the water still intact, with the apple inside. All of this is designed to show the quality of a paper napkin (called the Scotkin.) "Maybe you think we go to Elsa Maxwell Cruise Said Cultural Odyssey Venice, Italy U.R) Elsa Max well said today her fancy yacht cruise next week for 120 world celebrities is going to be a cul tural odyssey. "We're sailing off to look at the glories of ancient Greece and not just stare at each other in a round of shipboard parties," Miss Maywell said. Cape buffaloes are Africa's most deadly and vindictive an imals, says the National Geo graphic Society. Wounded, they have been known to amipush hunters. Not content with killing their victims, they trample them with ax-sharp hoofs. extremes," said blonde Miss Thomas. "After all, a paper nap kin is a pretty humble product." But it seems no detail is too much trouble in the paper nap kin and related products field. Miss Thomas' firm hires a woman at its Chester, Pa., plant who "spot counts" rolls of toilet tissue to make sure the rolls have 1000 sheets, as advertised. Such is the integrity inherent in the paper napkin business, she said. "You wouldn't believe this, she said, "but we've actually had people write in and say they've counted the sheets. And no body's been short-counted yet." Miss Thomas, 29, is supervisor of the firm's consumer surveys. For seven years she's stumped the, country housewives about their likes and dislikes in household-paper products. Identical Cartons "We put our own products and those of our competitors in iden tical cartons, and give one of each to a housewife," she said. "Then we come back a few weeks later and find out which she liked better and why." She organizes part-time crews of women to make the door-to- door sampling in each city where the tests are conducted. And this is not without its problems. One woman wanted a job to help pay off a steep dental bill But after two days the woman's daughter called to say her moth er had quit. She lost her false teeth Tun ing for a bus to get to her as signed territory. , UNITED. , , Fastest along the Coast and to tho East! SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE 3 DENVER CHICAGO io 4hrs. NEW YORK io'3hr,. United I Two flights daily both North f$f f and South in the world's most TZm J advanced twin-engine airliner M& Airport terminal. IN MEDFORD CALL 3-3643 or an aufhorizma' frovaJ agent. Secret Conference Called To Study Atomic Age Aspect Geneva (U.R) The United States met today with Soviet Rus sia and four other atomic powers in a secret and urgently called conference to study the techni cal aspects of making the atomic age safe for mankind. The nations meeting were the United States, Britain, France and Russia who are the world's most advanced atomic powers, and Canada and Czechoslovakia two of the largest suppliers of uranium to both sides of the Iron Curtain. Surrounded by Secrecy , Unusual secrecy surrounded the meeting, called by the United States as the delegates were leav ing Geneva for home following the end Saturday of the Atoms for Peace conference. A brief of ficial announcement said only the six nations would study "the technical aspects of guaranteeing the peaceful uses of atomic energy." Official spokesman refused to enlarge on this or to give the names of the delegates. But au thoritative sources said the United States took the initiative to answer some of the most press ing questions of the atomic age, Waste Disposal Problem These included such problems as the disposal of radioactive waste from atomic plants - and the question of the effects of ra diation on present human life and the unborn generations of the future. The main Atoms for Peace conference which ended Satur day concluded tnat science as yet has no definite knowledge of what radiation may be doing to man s heredity, but several sci entists warned that its effect could be harmful. An average railway passenger car is 72 feet long. If You're Not Trading At The Groceteria You're Paying Too Much! 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