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o . Deaths in luff if Highest Ipirf Since 193? Chicago U.R) July traffic ths reached their highest lvi since 1937, the National fey Council said todav. tfut he overall fatality rate U? Volume of travel ia on the 3ngrade. Q Jr council reported that Vlef were 3340 traffic deaths 81 July, 11 per cent higher than tt9 the same month last vear. til brought tht total for the t d 1,840, an increase of 9pP enj o tm tvm period But tJtt3 lh jump in fte council Said, th on volum Hasi hs ttM ioef on record. $7i couftcil id travel figures SB vilble only for the first i fhonths of the) jar, but they how a gain 6C 7 per cent in mile age, compared with an 'increase of 2 per cent in death. ThjfB the mileage death rate was 5.7 per 100,000,000 vehicle jniles, lowest on record for a six month period. he council said the July spurt in deaths occurred mostly in rural areas, with cities report ing only a 2 per cent increase for the same months. q "The steady increase in traf fic deaths this year is a timely warning for the Labor Day week end just ahead," Ned H Dearborn, president of the coun cil, said. Walter Winchell Sues ABC for $7,000,000 New York (U.PJ Officials of he American Broadcasting company went into hurried con ference today to consider a $7, 000,000 suit brought against fhe network by columnist Walter Winchell for alleged breach of contract. d VOnchell, a syndicated column ist, was signed to a so-called "lifetime contract" with ABC in eOftober, J51. Tne contract gave the netvorfc exclusive rights to iftchtiT Mrvices as an ABC ftHoftattit?- H9C nded the con Hct In! I?cft 10. Winchell, AoMt, ontinut telecast B nf lt&0p9 until gun 29 be sftus of fjyonto commitment, tt M lMrn thJt "Winchell, MoBhat ftoufc $19,000 er ttostom, vnm apctA to sign , iel ttutusjl Broadcasting omf imp thit) v,f)e. Jhirk Killed After Attacking Lifeguards ant frfonica,' Calif. 4U.R) fivtvfoot shark was killed yes 4r)y after aacking three 0 tounty lifouardv and biting one Dal Stfjnd, 29, Glendale, was treate9or 11 lacerations which O required eight stitches. His two companion?, Dick Joy, 20, Pasa dena, and John Calderwood, 20, Inglewood, managed to kill the shark with a metal rescue buoy after it attacked their 0 surf boards ofJSZuma Beacm The lifeguards were called to the area after the shark was spotted circling three women swimmers. They encountered the shark 50 feet off the shore crowded with bathe The shark was towed to shore after It had been killed by the lifeguards. Gold Hill Jim Bucklin, new operator of the Dardanelle in Gold Hill, was installed as a new member of the Gold Hill Lions club recently. The Lions voted to hold Ladies Day at its next meeting Sept. 8. ft o Investments mad I by the 10th of the I month 4ivt- I gfeno 0 lg I First. I 27 North Holly frank Sinatra Silent Om Contract Lawsuit Hollywood (U.PJ Crooner Frank Sinatra refused comment today on a $1,000,000 breach of contract suit which 20th Century Fox said it will file against him for quitting work on ihe film, "Carousel," on location in Booth bay, Mt. "See my lawyers," snapped Sinatra on his return here yes terday. Sinatra left the location because all scenes were being shot twice for separate type cam eras. Sinatra said he had no im mediate plans for work and he expected to remain here "for several months." Court Etcords POLICE COURT Norman Aaron Harp. Donald Mil ton Burrill, Ruby Naomi McPherson and Alfred Jensen, violations of basic rule. $10 each. Larry Joe Whipple, excessive noise, tires. $10.' Jerry Raymond Peterson and Clyde Elmer Dickenson, failure to yield right-of-way. $10. Raymon R. Reter, blocking drive way. $5. Murray L. Orgain, failure to stop at stop light, $5. Harry Herman Sails, illegal turn, $5. Richard Logan Davis, violation of basic rule. $10. Sylvia Inez Bishop, violation of basic rule. $10. Dale H. Culley, violation of basic rule. $10. ' Walter Clayton Hurlbut, violation of basic rule, $10. James Arthur Pond, violation of ba sic rule. $10. DISTRICT COURT Robert Gregg, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. Loyd Keith Thorp, overload. $41; no red flag, $15: overwidth, $15; and no tail lights. $10. Kenneth Lee Webber. Illegal pos session of intoxicating liquor, $15. Lyman Tom Kapsobelis. disorderly conduct, $30. Agustine Fred Lewis, drunk on pub lic highway. $30. Charles Edward Hoiioweu, over- width. $10. Harry Alvin Mitchell, no warning device. $6. Gary Marvin Stevens, violation or basic rule. $15. Norman Jefferson ueary. over- height, $15. . William Jonn uook jr., overneigni. $10. . . Victor E. Taylor, ovenoaa. j. William M. Hunting, overload. $185. Richard Lee Mayberry. failure to stop at stop sign. $10.. Loyd uerDert stnpiin. luiun w stop at stop sign, $10. James corDen amiin, improper use dealer's license. $6. Leslie James Hunsaker. overload. W9. . . . . Jim Bertis Phillips, angling wiinoui license. $30. David Ardean Dahl, no operator's license, $10. Robert Louise Miner. lauure w ajtop at stop sign. $10.' Honaia inanes lunwo, lauuie w stop at stop sign, $10. sex carson iODie, overwiain, iu. Jack Allen Gaza, four in front seat, $10. Atnes Marie Northey. failure to stop at stop sign, $10. Deimer frearicK sieacn, overwiain, 10- . . .... corneiious Eugene xacrariana. over load. $59. Raymond Rex Note, overload, $59, and passing with insufficient clear ance. $12.50. Wayne Kenneth Griffith, overload, 038. Don Alfred Morton, failure to stop at stop sign. $10. Cecil Horace Hughes, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. Charles Kinard, failure to yield right of way, $10. Hans Albert Edwardsen, failure to transfer title. $5. Donald - Walter Harmer. failure to operate on right side of highway, $15. Richard L. Kimbrough, no operator's license. $10. Bruce L. Blew, overlength load, $15. Robert Lee Wobbe, George Erwin Snow. Clyde N. Caton and William Ralph Morgan, failure to stop at stop sign, $19 each. Henry Elmer Sisemore, overload, $315. Danny Allen Kirkpatrick, violation of basic rule. $30. James Barton Crawford, violation of basic rule, $7. Nathan Robert Deaver. failure to operate on right side of highway, $10. CIRCUIT COURT Inez Wolgamott vs. Elvin C. Wol gamott, divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Richard Eli Barry. 19. Box 416. Mer lin, and Nancy Marie Byers. 18. of 5056 South Pacific highway. Grants Pass. James Omar Farmer, 25, Roseburg, and Betty Jean Perdue. 20. Sutherlin. Alvin Roy Longan, 22, Central Point, and Willedean Jordan, 16. Route 2, Central Point. Benjamin J. Furch, 74, route 1. box 182. Talent, and Nettie Jane Green Wheeler. 55. of 1013 Central ave., Medfordk Bert Preston Luman, 37. of 14 South Bartlett St.. Medford. and Leora Hope Hager, 28. of 19 North Columbus ave, Medford. ARE YOUR SAVINGS INSURED AGAINST LOSS? INSUREDSAVINGS ACCOUNTS ARE OUR SPECIALTY Your funds,, which we invest in First Mortgages on homes are further protected by Insurance up to $10,000.00. by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Our substantial dividends help your savings grow. Combine this attractive return with insured safety and you have an ex cellent investment. Opi your insured savings account now. Cavils & Loaa Assn. of Lladfird Telephone Wedaeeday, August 31, 19SS Big Balloon Seen East of Medford A large .balloon, presumably one of the high-altitude research type used by the armed forces, was spotted by many residents in the sky east of Medford yes terday afternoon. A number of calls concerning it were made to the weather bu reau. Bob Church, meteorologist in charge, said it was 10 miles or more away, at an angle of some 45 degrees, indicating1 its height Was some 55,000 or 60,- 000 feet. Church studied it through a 100-power telescope and report ed that it apparently carried in' struments with a parachute at tached. It was not spherical, he said, apparenly in an attempt to give it directional stability. There is no way of knowing its point of origin, Church said, but it "could have been anywhere." It was first spotted at about 2:15 p.m., and drifted north ward, going out.-of sight about two fyours later. Schmidt, Una Slate Video Appearance Hollywood (U.P.) Airman Daniel Schmidt and his wife, Una, will appear on a nationwide television show Sept. 5 to tell their version of what happened after he returned from a Red China prison camp and discov ered she had remarried. CBS television said the couple and their two-year-old son Danny Jr. will appear on "Art Link letter's House Party" because "the Schmidts feel it is time the nation heard their own version of what has happened since Schmidt returned from 2Vz years of captivity." They were reconciled Thurs day in Portland after Schmidt had filed suit for divorce. They will fly here for the program. Mrs. Schmidt had married a Northern California lumber worker while the airman was in a prison camp. She said she thought Schmidt was dead. Dangerous Criminals Escape in Missouri Carthage, Mo. (U.P.) A five state alarm went out today for three dangerous criminals who scaped from - the antiquated Carthage jail last night. Sheriff George Hickam identi fied the trio as Walter E. Rice, 31, of Carthage; Roy L. Rayn- olds, 34, alias James V. Ross Jr., of Malvern, Ark.; and Joe S. Haycraft, 19, of Louisville, Ky Hickam said Rice recently was returned from the Missouri hos pital for the criminally insane at Fulton. i The three prisoners, locked to gether in one of four tanks in the jail, first attacked a trustee who brought them cigarettes. Jailer Henry Blanton went to in vestigate the noise and was struck over the shoulder with an iron bar. Man Accused of Killing Wife Ordered Committed Portland (U.R) Henry E. Beck, 47, accused of murdering his former wife, has been ordered committed to the state hospital at Salem. The order was signed by Cir cuit Judge Frank J. Lonergan yesterday after a sanity hearing. Beck was under indictment for killing his ex-wife, Ethel K. Beck, 42, with a .22-caliber pistol June 3 as she and their 15-year- old son were walking near her home. Beck then shot himself in the head but recovered. 2-9147 inn Nude Dancer Objtts To Use of Spotlight London (U.PJ Fan dan cer Frances Grayson walked off her job Tuesday sight be cause the management asked her to do her strip tease un der a spotlight. "It's bad enough to have to dance about without clothes on, without spotlights as well," she said. - The management hired an other girl with less inhibitions. Boy Injured in Bike-Car Mishap -Keith Stanley Scheel, 12, of 705 Beekman st., was treated at Community . hospital yesterday afternoon for injuries received in a collision between an auto mobile and a bicycle, according to city police. The boy was taken by Med ford Ambulance service to the hospital where he was released after receiving treatment for a torn knee cartilage and multi ple abrasions. Police said the Scheel boy, and Richard Lee Hanson, 14, of 1103 Pinecroft st., were riding on bicycles through the intersec tion of Fourth and Ivy sts. when the Scheel boy was struck by a car operated by Samuel J. Red ding, route 1, box 16B, Central Point. The two boys were cited for failure to stop at a red light and for riding bicycles on the side walk, according to investigating officers. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. ' . A. delivered silence W- 6-rraled. Any - 7 YkArirlel 48, 5e . 7nes vary sligHW equ-ipment and S: Seat your opon- accessoii HOW would you like to own the hottest-selling Buick in history for plenty less dollars than ever before this'year? How would you like to boss a beauty like the one pictured here big and broad and ride-engineered for solid comfort and gain a bonus in the bargain? And how would you like to command a hoodful of the highest V8 power in Buick history feel it surge in absolute smoothness through the switch-pitch WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK Will WILD THEM DRIVE FROM FACTORY SAVE UP TO $18800 See Your BUICK Dealer Eu!a Winfermofe Starts on Leave Miss Eula Wittermot. home demonstration agent for Jack son county, is leaving today oo a one-year sabbatical leave: She will enroll at Colorado A&M this fall for a year of advanced training. Mrs. Jo Anne Weatherford will serve as demonstration agent pro-tem. Mrs. Weatherford came here with her husband from Nampa, Ida., where she taught in the high school. In the 4-H department, Miss Jean Brooks is spending her last day as county 4-H agent. She will teach home economics at Medford high when the school opens, Sept. 26. Miss Brooks will replace Mrs. Ed McKinstry who resigned this summer. Railroad Property Damaged by Blaze Forty creosoted railroad ties were considerably damaged and 110 ties were slightly charred yesterday in a fire on Southern Facific property at Spruce st. about 2:30 p.m. Firemen said that sparks from a trash fire ignited dry grass and that the blaze extended into the pile of ties. Two trucks were sent to the fire. A small fire in the oven at the Wayne Gottfried home, 1939 Roberts rd., at about 2 p.m. yes terday, was extinguished before the rural pumper arrived. Firemen flashed down two gasoline spills from parked cars in the downtown area yesterday. mi 0Q loca" o.,;rk Special ..:,!, Special illustra-e- additional. r- - praflfrstaiiiig peofi? far pa YwfhtkkfxiVp fot Questioning A 14-year-old boy ve pieked up im rustioiins yesterday, following eoafesska m4e re cently by another ycu til impii eating him in the hureeny from several Medford stores, aeccrd ing to city polios record. The boy va releoaed to the custody of hie porente pending' action by Jocksoia county Juve nile officers, police nid. Ashland Schools Award Coatr&f Ashland Two ev eltw rooms at the Lincoln ochool here will be constructed by the W.W. j Wiley company, Ashland, tt cost of $23,982. The firm' low j bid was accepted at a school i board meeting this week. I Construction is expected to start shortly, with completion due in about five months. The bid originally was for $26,890 but was scaled down to the low er figure to meet the maximum of $25,000 which the school board had allotted for the job. Bay At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS, Bricks. Flues Drain Tile V27 W. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 Yocget & ttfie bonUQ in tocfeyb tiop-seng Buck magic of Variable Pitch Dynaflow and know you got all this sizzling action at a far better buy than you ever could before? It's all for you, right now, in a profit-, sharing deal like you've never seen before, because there's never been a year like this. 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