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G O O O O O O G O o n O G O G G Nine Sworn in as Legion Members; Champlin Speaker q A total of nine people, the eligible staff of two Medford G business firms, were sworn into the local American Legion Post 15 during a recent post meeting according to Bud Fisher, com' Imander. 0 Clifton Hammill, Roberl Beaty, George Beer, Donald Al len and Al Olufsen, all veteran employees of the City Appliance anu wvi i iiuiij, awauiiu Hogue, Gerald DeJanvier and Vern rieeu ctiii-?ontc find nnpra. tors of the Robertson School of Business were welcomed into 0the Post's ranks with a formal tolk by Medford police chief Charles Champlin over the (American Legion and Local Government, Fisher said. Champlin emphasized the im gportance of the Legion training program and the opportunity members had of serving the community. ','Law and order is every one's (Huty," Champlin said, speaking Cji the Legion's activities of pre senting "witch - hunting" and protecting innocent persons of Unjust accusations. He closed his talk by offering his service to Sny and all of the new members wishing to call upon him in the (jxiiure. o Less Robertson, owner-man ager of the Robertson school of IJiusiness, brought in four of his Operator-students, Fisher said, (ty.ey had become interested in Jhe Legion program after help- ting to assemble and print the docal Legion paper, "The Re cveille," Fisher said. N. H. Zach Arisen of City Appliance stated (e was "proud" of his group of 'fives interest in community af fairs. During the meeting, Lodi Goold, a day captain in the iledford Ground Observer Corps ihade an appeal for volunteers to man the local station. "No spec ial training is necessary to man ) watch," she stated, and asked for the Legion members and their wives to volunteer for at feast one watch a month. Several members responded to the re- ftiest, Fisher said. Consolidated Buys Three Truck Lines Portland (U.R) Purchase of three trucking lines by Consoli dated Freightways of Portland has been announced here. Consolidated . said it had bought Coast Freight Lines of Coos Bay, Beardmore Transfer Line of Spokane and Model Truck & Storage Co., of Belling ham, Wash. Coast Freight serves the southwestern coastal area from Gardiner and Reedsport in Ore gon to Crescent City in north ern California. GBeardmore operates in Wash iton, Oregon, Idaho and Mon tana and 'will become a sub sidary company to Consolidated, fl&del is being operated by Con solidated under temporary au thority. oTotal amount of the trans action was listed at $301,000. f- w O O 0 O O 0 O 0 O o C-) o 0. o o G O O o G O G G G O . - -- t J SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR-MONEY BACK " tt "' JOIN AMERICAN LEGION Nine men were sworn into the American Legion Post 15 and were welcomed into the organization by a talk given by Charles Champlin, Medford chief of police. Shown above are the candi dates and the police officer. Pictured in the front row (left to right) are Chief Champlin Troutdale Aluminum Fumes Bring Suit Portland '(U.R) A $350,000 damage suit brought against the Reynolds Metals company by three former Troutdale, Ore., residents opened in Federal court here yesterday. The consolidated trial will hear suits brought by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin and their daughter, Mrs. Paula Yturbi. The Martins seek $100,000 apiece and their daughter $150 000 for injuries allegedly suffer ed from fumes caused by the Troutdale plant. The three complaints contend the fumes caused permanent in juries when the Martins and their daughter lived on their 150 acre ranch near the alumi num reduction plant from 1946-50. Martin was awarded $48,135 in federal court in 1951 for dam age to livestock, and his suit for an injunction to halt further operation of the plant will be heard following the current trial. U.S. District Judge William East is presiding at the juryi trial. Oregon Democratic Secretary Resigns Portland '(U.R) Margaret (Peg) Clarke has resigned as ex ecutive secretary of the Oregon Democratic party. Central Com mittee Chairman Howard Mor gan announced today. Morgan said a successor had not yet been named. The resig nation becomes effective be tween Sept. 2 and 9. Miss Clarke said she was re signing to take a teaching posi tion at Portland State college. She will teach English. Ike Convinced On Foreign Aid Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower is convinced Amer ica's foreign aid program is well worth the money because of the way it is "stiffening" the free world's defenses against aggres sion. In his semi-annual aid report to Congress, Mr. Eisenhower said today there" is no other way to reap so many security dividends so cheaply. He reported that the U. S. economic, military, and techni cal assistance programs have helped give the free world both "stiffer defenses against aggres sion" and "stronger economies." "Added together, these meas ures have brought the free world as a whole to a position of measurably greater security and have made the ground firmer for further forward movement," he said. "In the current world situ ation, the dollars invested in the mutual security program have brought greater security to the people of the United States than could the .same amount of dol lars used in any other manner." The report, covering the six- month period ending June 30, noted that economic recovery has made it possible to terminate almost all non-military assistance to Europe, shifting the emphasis to Asia, where it is sorely need ed. AN OLD CUSTOMER Medford, Mass. (U.R) Liq uor store clerk Richard Dyer, 53, didn't blink an eye when a gunman threatened to "blow his brains out." Dyer wearily hand ed over his money. It was the third time in a month he had been held up by the same bandit. Hundreds and Hundreds of Kelvinator Owners in Southern Oregon will tell you that they are pleased with their Kelvinator Automatic Washer from JOHNSTON STORES. We are proud of Kelvinator per formance and we are sure that you will be too. Compare with all makes, and then see how many more features Kelvinator offers, ind Now At Real Money Saving Prices! Deluxe Automatic WAS Ml I I LJ Old Washer as he congratulates N. H. Zacharisen, of City Appliance company, and Bert Hughes, Les Robertson, Roland Hogue, Gerald DeJanvier and Vern Casey. In the back row (left to right) are Clifton Hammill, Robert Beaty, George Beer, Donald Allen and Al Olufsen. Government Delays Copper, Nickel Orders Washington U.R) The gov ernment has postponed its or ders for 26,000 tons of copper and 1,250,000 pounds of nickel to permit private industry to buy supplies its needs. The copper was to have gone into the government's defense production inventory and the national stockpile between Oct. 1 and March 31. The deadline is now postponed by the Office of Defense Mobilization until next June 30. The nickel was to have been delivered to the goovernment next month. The government had already reduced its Septem ber order by one million pounds. The additional release should, make more nickel avail able for non-defense use than has been the monthly average during the past 18 months, ODM said. Flash Flood Rips Railroad Tracks San Francisco U.R) Western Pacific railroad officials an nounced today that passenger trains were being detoured over Southern Pacific tracks after a flash flood ripped out 700 feet of Western Pacific rails in East ern Nevada. The washout took place be tween Silver Zone, Nev., and Wendover, Utah. The company said flood waters rose as much as 15 feet along the railroad roadbed following -torrential rain. Many motorists on U. S. 40 were stalled when the tiooa washed out several hundred feet of highway, but there were no reports of any injuries or of damage to cars, it as reported, defaw CCA. INI She Will WASHES Touring Farmer Says Russians Feel They Are Not Free Washington U.R) A Russian-born American farmer just returned from a tour of Soviet farms said today he got the im pression the Russians do not feel they are free. Julius M. Kleiner, Nampa, la., who was born in Stolnoye, Russia, in 1892, said, "I could feel the tensity in the air." "The air was loaded," Kleiner added. "I don't know that my companions got the same im pressions, but because I speak the language and understand the people there, that is the im pression I got." Kleiner was one of the 12-man American farm delegation which spent more than a month tour ing the Soviet Union. He and some of his companions held a news conference today. Kleiner, a naturalized Ameri can citizen, was educated at the University of Kiev and came here in 1915. "I have no desire to live there again," he said. Kleiner and six other mem bers of the American farm group were welcomed here by Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson. Kleiner said the "peasants, the common folk" with whom he spoke "appealed to us for peace." "They met us with open arms and flowers' Kleiner said, "but they felt -we were getting ready for war." x John M. Jacobs, irrigation farmer from Phoenix, said he did not find any major tech niques in Russian irrigation farming that he would adopt. Several members emphasized the central control wielded from Moscow over Russian farmers. McDill Jet Holds Lead in Bombings March AFB, Calif . U.R) A B47 Stratojet, from McDill Air Force Base, Fla., today held the lead in the annual bombing com petition among top-rated plar crews of the Strategic Air Com mand. The McDill jet, commanded by Maj. W. J. Hynds, took top honors, in yesterday's opening round of the bombing "world series. Seven other B47s placed in the top 10 positions of the first &4 planes in the five-day com petition which will end Mon day. The planes dropped theo retical hydrogen bombs on Los Angeles, Sacramento and Spo kane during 3000-mile missions. Experienced Watchmaker For Weisfield's Credit Jewelers. Opening in near future. Apply by letter only. Appoint ments will be made. All applications will be confidential. Write Box 5493D, Mail Tribune Tell You, CLOTMES REALLY CLEAN NO MONEY DOWN $11 MONTH At Your Service For The Years Ahead 112 South Riverside Friday. August 26. 1955 R. L. Lee Named To Five-Year Term On WWO Group Robert L. Lee, Medford, has been elected to the Water Works Operators certification commit tee, it was announced this week. Lee is assistant superintendent of the Medford city water de partment. Lee received the appointment after completing a voluntary certification program in July, 1954, which graded him as a Water Works Operator I. Re quirements for the designation are five years of experience credits, completion of 76 hours of training credits, with at least 60 hours obtained from a formal water works school, and scoring not less than 70 per cent on a written test. Highest Rating Operators of this category are deemed, by the committee, as able to have responsibility to take complete charge of a water system serving a popula tion of 3,500 persons or more. This is the highest rating awarded in the field. "The committee was formed as a protection to cities, and es pecially small towns," Lee said. The purpose of the certification program is to examine and rate men in the water works profes sion to establish a standard of proficiency. The certification committee to which Lee has been appointed consists of seven members, in cluding one representative from the engineering staff of the Ore gon State Board of Health, one representative from the Oregon State college department of civil engineering, and five water sup erintendents or operators, se lected to ' represent "as far as possible", all grade of operators. Lee was elected to a five-year term to expire in 1960. Benefit Dance Set at Phoenix Phoenix A benefit "hard time" dance, to which the public is invited will be held at Phoe nix Community hall Saturday, Aug. 27 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., sponsored by the Phoenix fire men and auxiliary. The event is being held for the purpose of raising money to buy a resuscita tor to be used in that vicinity. Prizes will be given for the costumes judges best. Chap's Roadside rascals will furnish the dance music. Re freshments will be served. The apple blossom is Michi gan's official flower and the robin is the state's official bird. 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The bullets also ripped through fenders and hoods of three parked cars in Dick's drive-in but none of the occupants was injured. In a statement to Dep. Dist. Attys. Wiliam Roberts and Irv ing Coren, Cartwright admitted he had planned the slaying. Cartwright told Roberts and Corren he was jealous over his wife's boy friend. Earlier in the evening, he had warned his old est child, Mary Louise, 12, "well, you'll never have him for a father." Started Drinking Cartwright told the attorneys he started drinking in the after noon and then went to his fa Club ltcnolakTahoi! Matching Deluxe Dryer The finest Dryer ever produced and now offered at the lowest price ever. Fully Automatic, Porcelain Finished, Thermo statically Controlled, Safe for all fabrics. SO"" T STOCKS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE ther's home where he obtained the rifle. When he reached the drive-in, he said he and his wife quarreled over a S25 bill she wanted him to pay. 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