Vuf0FTIlY00DS,
y JSJ STEVENS
Housing ia Tf t Town ...
The Better Housing League of
Cincinnati, a conservative or
ganization, looks ahead on a ten
yr program of slum elimina
tion and "urban redevelopment
that ' will require business in
vestments of $327,000,000 or
more.
The league has issued its 39th
annual report, playing up the
brutal fact that 91 out of every
100 dwellings in the "Basin"
area were built before 1920
Some are a century and more of
age. One fourth of Cincinnati s
population lives in the Basin, al
though it covers only one six
teenth of the city's land area.
Through the Better Housing
league civic leaders have been
working to reduce residential
neighborhood blight for 40 years,
The Taft family has been in the
thick of it. Charles P. Taft is
a veteran member of the league's
board of directors.
Cincinnati, like every other
old city, was held in action on
housing rehabilitation for 20
years by the fantastic policies of
Ickes and his ilk. Their demand
was for the Federal government
to move in on the slums and
spend billions to wipe them out
and raise up monumental apart
ment houses in (Jheir stead. Slum
families could not pay the rents.
In Cincinnati, as in Baltimore
and other critical areas of slums,
it is lumber that has served to
hold the old dwellings together
through many years. Lumber is
the basic material for. the re
newal and ' rehabilitation - pro
grams, as well as for the "urban
redevelopment" programs in
blighted neighborhoods of resi
dential dwellings.
Whin the work is done block
by block decent housing may be
produced on old frames and
floors which have-been protect
ed from the weather. This is par
ticularly true in the neighbor
hoods of individual and duplex
family dwellings. The distribu
tors and users of lumber nation
wide are working everywhere
on this situation through the
American Council to Improve
Our Neighbors called "Action"
for short. Today business men
ere top of the job. The govern
ment is no longer trying to take
over- our towns but seeks only
to support local action.
TheNational Association of
Home Builders has ' estimated
that more than 7,000,000 new
homes will be needed for new
family formations in the next
six years. As the rate of hous
ing depreciation and decay is
now moving,1 8,300,000 existing
homes may be graded as unfit
for human habitation by 1960.
These 8,300,000 "homes" are be
ing lived in now by about 23
per cent of the American people.
However, the major number
of these dwellings can be re
newed and remodeled, brought
up to the American standard of
living because they stand
with sound frames, floors, walls
and rafters of lumber. Good
lumber, for the most part You
can do anything with good lum
ber. .
The Running Sore ...
The slums of St. Louis, Cin
cinnati, Baltimore, Boston and
other old cities are the worst
side of. the picture of the coun
try's 8,000,000 and more dodder
ing dwellings. The people of
Taft Town are-facing up to it
so well that Mr. Frits B. Burns,
a founding father of ACTION,
is making national distribution
of the annual report of the Bet
ter Housing league. A one-page
monthly news letter is packed
with inspiring items of enter
prise and progress.
ine j my number, ior; ex
ample, reports the signing of
contracts for 900 new low-rent
units. The City council approved
an item cf $98,000 in the 1958
budget "to implement the ur
ban renewal program" through
increased building inspection
service. A million dollars worth
of slum demolition was provided
for in another program. From
project improvement areas a
total of 130 families were relo
cated in June. The program for
the next five years is relocation
of 12,588 families more than
30,000 persons.
This is all vital stuff in the
market areas of the lumber industry.
Youth, 18, Rescued
From Rocky Cliff s
Mt. Vernon, Wash. OJ.R)
James Hanson, 18, Mt. Vernon,
was rescued from the sheer cliffs
of Deception Pass yesterday aft
ernoon after he had clung to
"rough spots" for nearly an hour
and a half, some 200 feet above
a rock-strewn beach.
Hansen, who had only tiny
finger and toe holds to keep him
from falling, became stranded
on the cliffs while on a Sunday
climbing expedition with Vin
cent Erickson, 19, also of Mt.
Vernon.
Erickson descended to the
beach and raced for help when
Hansen called to him that he
was "stuck and couldn't move."
A four-man rescue team, com
posed of a state patrolman, a
As We Live
It's Impossible To Live
Under Shadow Of Doubt
When people live under the
shadow of doubts and misunder
standings, they are suspicious
and ready to
condemn oth
ers o n the
slightest pre
tence: As a
result, no one
is happy. That
is why it is
best to clear
u p suspicions
and doubts as
soon as possible.
(Q.) "When I was married."
Mrs. F. W. writes. "I went to
live with my husband's folks.
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Dr. Hex lock
When I was having my second
child, my husband's' mother and
sister condemned a young man.
who is very polite and refined
and who had nothing to do with
the situation. I would be willing
to have a blood test to prove my
innocence. . My life has ' been
made miserable because of this.
Every time we quarrel, my hus
band curses this child and is
mean to us. He runs to another
woman and seems to have lost
interest in me. Whenever I talk
about our future together, he ig
nores what I say."
(A.) I certainly think you
should come to some under
standing about this matter, not
only for your own sake, but also
for the sake of your child. You
do not say how old this child
is and whether it is a boy or a
girl. But, in any case, it -is un
fair to the child to have him
made the innocent victim of
your husband"s suspicions. .
Just how you will prove to
your husband that he is the fa
ther of your child is something
you will have to work out with
your doctor or your minister.
Does the other man know any
thing at all about the accusa-
By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D.
tion your in-laws have made?
May Become Indignant
If he knows nothing about it
he may become very indignant
at the charges and refuse to
have anything to do with the
matter. That is why it would
be well to consult your minister
and ask him how best to tackle
the problem. ,
There are ways of determin
ing the paternity of a child and
you should avail yourself of
these methods if necessary
When your child is old enough
to understand what this whole
matter means, he will be very
resentful toward you and his fa
ther, and it may warp his whole
personality unless you can con
vince your husband that he is
the child's father. ,
(Copyright 1955. General
Features Corp.)
World War II Gl Bill
Benefits To Expire
World War II veterans train
ing under the original GI bill
should- keep in mind that one
year from July 25, 1955, the
program for all but a few ex
ceptions will end. '
Charles Holbrook, county ser
vice officer, recently advised GI
trainees to plan their future ac
cordingly. , ,
- Even though a veteran may
have unused GI training entitle
ment left at the deadline date,
or is in the middle of a course,
payments will end. The small
group of veterans exempt from
the July 25 closure are those
who enlisted or re-enlisted un
der the Armed Forces Voluntary
Recruitment Act, between Oct.
6, 1945, and Oct. 5, 1946.
These few have nine years
from the end of their enlistment
or re-enlistment to complete
their GI training.
Sunday School
Convention Slated
Speaker at the first evening
service oi - the JKogue valley
Sunday school convention Tues
day at 7:45 p.m. will be the
Rev. Wilmer N. Brown, execu
tive ""director of the northwest
region of the National Associa
tion of Evangelicals. '
The speaker served 15 years
as pastor of the Evangelical
United Brethren church. He is a
musician and for 14 years di
rected the Gospel Gleemen, a
male chorus of ministers. On
Wednesday afternoon, the min
ister will address the conven
tion on "Music in the Sunday
School."
At .7 p.m. Tuesday, the. Rev.
Ulphin Davis, - director f of the
Evangelical Sunday School serv
ice, will lead in a discussion on
the "Art of Visitation." He is a
former Christian Education di
rector. Opening session of the con
vention will be at 10 a.m. Tues
day, Sept. 20, at the Church of
the Nazarene, First and Holly
sts. The Rev. Ray Hum will be
host pastor. The public is invit
ed to attend all the services and
sessions of the convention..
Death Penalty Urged
In Narcotics Traffic
Portland OJ.R) Dr. Don
ald J. Twiss, president of Opti
mist International, urged the
death penalty against traffickers
in narcotics who peddle dope to
the nation's youth.
Twiss, in Portland for a re
gional meet of the club Satur
day, said "some might argue
that this punishment is too dras
tic." But he said "traffickers in
drugs murder the soul just as
surely as the killer murders the
body of a victims."
county deputy and two unidenti
fied sailors, secured a 400-foot
rope around the base of a tree
and lowered the looped end to
Hansen. The stranded climber
slipped the rope around his waist
and was lowered to the beach.
Speaker Explains
Show Procedure
For Garden Club
Jacksonville Mrs. R. T.
Nichol. Medford, spoke on
"Flower Show Practice" at
meeting of Jacksonville Garden
club held September 15 at the
home of Mrs. William Winning
ham, Perrydale road, Oak
Grove.
Mrs. Nichol explained the du
ties of the different chairmen
and stressed beautification, in
spiration, education and infor
mation as points to be consider
ed in giving a good show.
Hostesses for the afternoon
were Mrs. Omar Culy, Mrs. C.
Culy and Mrs. E. E. Evans.
Mrs. Dee Hendrickson won a
prize. Mrs. Surles and Mrs. Of
fenbacher poured.
" "
Woman Enlists .
In Army Corps -
Miss Joann Irene Thomas,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N
Thomas, route 1, box 328 Med
ford, enlisted in the Women's
Army Corps in Portland Sep
tember 13, a release from Port
land states. :
' From Portland Miss Thomas
was flown to Birmingham,. Ala
At Fort McClellan, the home of
the new WAC Training center,
she will receive eight weeks of
basic training before being as
signed to a school.
Miss Thomas was born and
raised in the Rogue river val
ley, and attended Jacksonville
schools; where she graduated
last June.
Two Initiated by
Women of Moose
Mrs. Harry Mitchell and Mrs
John' Mitchell were initiated
into Women of the Moose' at a
meeting held September 14 at
Medford Moose hall. The pub
licity committee, headed by
Mrs. James Newton, took charge
of the program and refreshments.
The program consisted of a
film on Mooseheart and Moose-
haven.
The next meeting will be on
Wednesday, September 28.
Monday, September II. 1S3S
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRTBUXE TUBES
Sprague River Man's
Trial Set for Dec. 5
Klamath Falls (U.R) Trial
of Marcelhis John Norwest, 26,
Sprague River, has been set for
Dec. 5 in Klamath county Cir
cuit Court.
Norwest was accused of shoot
ing Jackie Howard Jones, a 24-year-old
Chiloquin logger, and
was indicted by the grand, jury
for second degree murder. .
MUSTACHE WAX SOLD
l Port Huron, Mich. U.P.)-Bar-
bers here said today they are
having their first run on sales of
mustache wax in decades. They
explained that teen-agers have
found the wax is perfect to make
a crew haircut stand up straight.
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