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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) "Xverybody in Southern Oregon Beads Toe Mail Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by rt-39 North Fir St. Phone 8-6141 OAPTTIT TO RITHI . V.Aitnr HXRB GREY Advertiaini Manager X. C FERGUSON. Managing Editor HARRY CHIP MAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHEB. Society Editor JACK JAtluun, ounoay iuu GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Mgr. An inaepenoent newMwuo Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1397 ' ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES ,, . j Saw mm Inr Daily and Sunday Ona year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 8.50 Sunday Only One year 5 By Carrier In Advance Bedford. ?.,anV."',"irPhnix: JSC KBUU V Uin, vrviu " , . kh.H. cavm Rogue River. Talent and on ra.-tor routes: , Daily and 3unday One year $15 .00 Daily ana ounoj ", Carrier and Dealers 6c per copy. All Terms caan in Official Paper of the City of Medford Official i-aper pi m. - '. tti.- irn Full Leased Wire "mfwthtr OF AUDIT BUREAU AdvertMing nu--"- mc JliiZL. i. N. Vork. Chicago. De troit San Francisco. Los Aneles. Seattle, Portland, St Louis Atlanta. Vancouver B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL s!oc5Ti5N NIWSAMt ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 10 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct, 2. 1945 (It was Monday) All rationing on liquor in Ore gon removed as of today. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Now it is October. Frost and sun are mak ing the leaves of the oaks and maples almost as much of a riot of color as the cowboy shirts worn by the dressier males. 20 YEARS AGO Oct, 2. 1935 ; ' (It was Tuesday) Ernest . Smith sells East Side Pharmacy to Harold Wainscott, formerly of Roseburg. -J If reservoir project authorized at special election, Superintend ent Robert A. Duff estimates it will supply 60,000 hours of work during the six-month construc tion period. 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 1, 1925 (It was Thursday) Thieves rob Klamath Falls home of $115, then burn it down. From the Local and Personal column: Lieutenant Eric Nel son, round-the-world flyer, ac companied by Lieutenant Mose- ly, departed this morning for Los Angeles, Calif., en route by sea-plane from Seattle, Wash. He is piloting the first of a new type of plane capable of attain ing a speed between 140 and 150 miles per hour. He flew from Seattle to Medford in the record time of three hours and ten minutes. 40 YEARS AGO Oct, 2, 1915 (It was Friday) Applegate man suspects foul play in prospecting adventure. His friend went prospecting with a stranger, the stranger returned, said the friend was injured and in a Grants Pass hospital. He wasn't. Stranger gone. Fifth anniversary of Mann's store observed today, September said to be best month in history for business there. . . What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955, fditorial Research Ripe 1. Truman Doctrine was on de fending Formosa, strengthening Greece and Turkey against Rus sia, keeping Red China out of U.N., or atomic weapons? 2. About four, seven, 10, 15 or 20 of every 100 fatal auto acci dents are due to falling asleep at the wheel? 3. Reading good books during pregnancy will help to make the child literary; right or wrong? 4. Acreage of the next cotton crop under Government controls is to be reduced, enlarged, or kept the same? 5. First World Series in 1903 was between the Giants and Yankees, Cubs and Yankees, Dodgers and Red Sox, Pirates and Red Sox, or Cubs and White Sox? 6. What European capital is on the Liffey River? 7. Millionaire playboy Tommy Manville has had three, five, seven, nine, or 11 wives so far? .The Answers: 1. Strengthen ing Greece and Turkey. 2. Seven out of 100. 3. Wrong. 4. Re duced. 5. Pirates and Red Sox. 6. Dublin. 7. Nine, Safety experts estimate traf fic accidents would be reduced 40 to 50 per cent with an ade quate system of highways. Sit MAIL TRIBUNE Editorial Correspondence San Francisco, Sept. 30 How time flies! Here it is the start of October. Only yesterday it was the 4th of July! e Not so very long ago some of the wise-boys were predicting newspapers would be badly injured by news via the radio. The reverse has been true. This baby-snatching case here is an ex ample. The first news came over the air very early in the morning. There were several broadcasts before the first morning papers came out, but what was the result? Over the air, only the main facts were given, what the people wanted were the retails the WHOLE STORY. They got it in the newspapers because that was the only place they could get it. The radio broadcasts increased the street sales, instead of decreasing them. Q.E.D. And the S.F. papers did a great job. Every phase of the sen sational case wa3 brought out with pictures, and pedestrians read ing the "extras" as they walked along the sidewalks were not an uncommon sight. It was a tremendous human-interest story. And through it all the ten-day old Marcus infant slept soundly and continued .to gain weight. We wonder when little Robert awakes will he ask mother to take him to the wrestling match and put more sugar in his milk? Never can tell. He apparently enjoyed himself in the Benedicto household. A sure sign for babies he gained weight. It is surprising how much Mrs. Benedicto resembles the sketches made of her entirely from descriptions of those who caught a mere glimpse. She is blonde, overweight, and the hard boiled, water-front type. She will probably spend some time in in jail and we don't believe her Filipino husband will be sorry. He told newspapermen he and his "mother love" wife fought a good share of the time over money and booze Mrs. B. he said, indulged in both too much. It is hard to believe Mrs. B. is still in her twenties apparently an example of the black-sheep Kipling remarked "knew the worst too she took excellent care of the baby, and had no mercenary motives a term in jail may do her good, PHYSICALLY at least. With the Marcus baby case, the World Series, the newspapers and news commentators are having a Roman holiday. With all of them, as of now, it looks as though "All's well that ends well" will be fitting. We have in mind Papa and Mama Marcus, the Republican party and the Yanks. , Grandmother "Myrt" won $32,000 over TV as . a baseball expert and rabid Dodger fan. She also got a free box to see her pet team play in the world series. If she inspired the Brooklyn boys to greater efforts, it is painful to think what they would have done had she not been there! One of the popular movies here now is called "To Catch a Thief," starring Grace Kelly and Cary Grant. It is a beautiful picture in color with the picturesque French Riviera as a back eround. Miss Kelly is very good to look at, and the gals seem to like Cary, the former circus trapeze artist, although he looks in this opus more like an Othello than a Clark Gable. Like all Hitchcock productions, "To Catch a Thief" has many thrills, but in recent years "Hitch" has been more inclined to telegraph his punches than was the case in his youth. The picture has run four weeks here and promises to continue for several more. Accord ing to Hollywood gossip, Cary Grant has a large interest in the show and expects to make a million before it folds up. He might at that. The interesting feature to Medford will be that Cary not only is an Oregonian, who knows his timber, but praises the attrac tions of the Rogue River Valley! Perhaps he fished with Clark Gable near Grants Pass or helped milk the cows at Ginger Rogers ranch near Shady Cove! At any rate the C. of C. should be pleased! - With hurricanes in Yucatan and typhoons in Japan, the USA looks pretty good. We have an idea the Leonard Carpenters, who are now in Japan, would, if they had a broadcasting outfit, second the motion. . . - It took a long time, but Secretary of Agriculture Benson has admitted he made a mistake in dismissing Ladejinsky as a "secur ity risk." When Stassen hired the man a fejv days later for an important post in his department, that was strongly indicated. However, that is one thing we like about Benson, he is slow and sometimes mistaken, but he is one of the few important members of the Eisenhower cabinet willing to admit a mistake when he makes one. What this country needs is not a 5-cent cigar, but a good comedian on the stage, screen or TV. There are plenty who claim to be comedians, but Groucho Marx is the only one who comes near it and he only appears once a week. The others at least as this' department views it try so hard to be funny they AREN'T. (By the way what has become of Victor Moore?) R.W Jt. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The most important news in the world is still the state of President Eisenhower's health. So let's take up developments alone that line in logical order, 1. In Denver, a medical bulle tin issued at Fitzsimmons hospi tal savs the President had a com fortable - sleep for the second straight nieht. He awoke REFRESHED after a 10-hour sleep. The bulletin says his prog ress continues to be satisfactory, without complications. 2. Vice-President Nixon ap pears to go along with a reported decision by other top members of the Eisenhower administra tion against delegating ANY Presidential powers to Nixon or anyone else. He' says govern- m e n t operations are gomg smoothly "and we see no seri ous legal problems involved in President Eisenhower's illness.!' 3. Vice-President Nixon's fel low Californian, Senate Repub lican Leader William Know- land, agrees with Nixon that there is no nead for special measures to carry on the govern ment while the President is ill. He adds: "I see no emergency that would require a meeting of legislative leaders." THAT is to say: Resnnnsihle members of the administration feel that everything is going as well as could be expected and that AS OF NOW it seems probable that within a reasonable length of time (say two or three weeks) the President will be able to sign necessary papers and perhaps even make certain decisions hat do not involve too much strain. LET us now consider another 1nrir!al Hevelnnmont The stock market moved up ward again in HEAVY trading, continuing a strong recovery movement from Monday's big break. The high speed ticker (which can handle up to 500 sym bols per minute) again lagged in reporting transactions. Gains ranged for one to four points, and losses were few and scattered. Sunday, October 2, 1955 young." One thing in her favor: the President's heart attack and THAT is to say; Investors (who are VERY numerous in this prosperous country) can read the signs in the news as well as anybody else and when at the crack of dawn this morning they heard- on their radios and read in their morning newspaper the favor able developments in Ike's con dition they reacted strongly on the optimistic side. WHY all this chatter about the stock market? The answer is simple. What happens on the stock markets is a reflection (which can be meas ured and recorded) of HOW PEOPLE FEEL. In this mercu rial country, how people feel about the future determines to a surprising extent the state of our economy. - On Monday, they felt terrible. On Tuesday, they felt better. On Wednesday they feel bet ter stilL LET'S put it this way: When you have -just escaped by the skin of your teeth a hor rible automobile accident that might have killed everybody in your car and maybe other, cars and have come off with a dented fender and some bad scratches on the paint, you feel TREMEN DOUS relief and suddenly the world is a bright and beautiful place. ' That is the way people feel to day. We know, of .course, that we aren't out of the woods, but we have HOPE again. WRONG-WAY PUMPER Scarborough, Me. (U.R) Fire Chief Henry Gould and his men raced to a fire here equipped with a brand new power pumper. But the pumper didn't work. Ex plained the chief from the smok ing debris: "We must have been excited. The pumper was on backwards." Flint, Mich. (U.R) Charles Simms, 22, Flint, picked the wrong time to sneeze. He lost control of his car while sneezing and crashed into a police cruis er. The crash caused $300 dam ages and Simms wound up with a reckless, driving ticket. Matter of Washington Even while Pres ident Eisenhower is courage ously struggling with his illness sBfjsMwui'jiifM in his Denver hospital bed, tne drive is already taking sh'ape to make him run again despite his heart attack. Chairman Leonard Hall of the Repub lican National Committee has Joseph Also declared that he still hopes the President will head the party ticket in 1956. Hall's subordinates swear that Hall really means what he says. They also give all sorts of elabo rate reasons why Hall's hopes may turn out to be well-founded, if the President makes the good recovery the whole country prays for. Chairman Hall is not alone, either. Among other Republi can leaders and in the party rank and file, everyone is automatic ally repeating Dr. Paul D. White's statement that the Pres ident will be theoretically fit to run again, if his recovery pro gresses satisfactorily. Dr. White's opinion already has become a sort of Republican slogan. And this sort of thing will quite certainly become more and more widespread and overt as the President's health improved. In fact, however, it is obvi ously unrealistic and even pretty shocking to continue the pres sure on the President to seek another term. In the first place, the Republicans portrayed it as a wicked act for President Roose velt to seek a fourth term when he was not in tip-top physical condition. Yet when Roosevelt accepted the nomination, he was no more than a little wearied by the bur den of his office. Contrary to common legend, he had had no warning heart attack or any other recent illness more serious than Bronchitis. Furthermore, he had just been certified as entirely sound by battalions of doctors, including the great and incorruptible Dr. Frank Lahey of the Lahey Clinic. And Roose velt in 1944 was more than three years younger than Eisenhower, will be in 1956. Quite aside from this parallel which ought to be decisive, there are current and highly practical reasons why it is unrealistic for the Republicans to pretend that Eisenhower will "now go forward as though the recent tragedy had really never happened. "FT IS an open secret that even before his heart attack, the President was reluctant to run, while his wife and son were bitterly opposed to his doing so. He had. just about made up his mind that he would have to run, all the same, because of the con tinuous pleas by Gov. Sherman Adams, Chairman Hall and al most everyone else around him that "it was his duty to finish Today and By Walter ON MARKING TIME The reports from Denver about the President's condition have been so encouraging that no de cision needs to be, or in fact can be, taken at this time about the dele gation of his powers. T H e question was raised, quite . properly and res p onsibly, Walter Ltppmann by Mr. Hager- ty on Sunday after the' Presi dent was stricken. When he raised the question in a message to the Attorney General, Mr. Hagerty was preparing for the possibility that . the President would need a long convalescence. Since Sunday the doctors have done much to allay the fear that the President will be wholly in capacitated for some months to come. But the outlook in Denver is regarded as so favorable and be cause this happens to be a time when there is a lull in public af fairs, it is possible to mark time. It is possible even to suppose that before the lull in affairs ends the President will have recov ered sufficiently to carry on. But if it is too early to take de cisions, it is not in the least too early to deliberate about what it may be necessary and wise to do if for a considerable time the President cannot do much work. TiHE TAKING of decisions -- about this must wait until the extent of the President's dis ability can be determined by his aoctors. lhat determination can not, we are told, be expected for about two weeks. But while de cisions are being deferred, it is no service to the President or to the country to let the American public think that everything is so well organized at the White House, that everything is so clearly and finally determined by the Cabinet and the National Security Council, that the gov ernment can carry on indefinite ly without the President's active participation. Eisenhower has Fact ey Joseph AIsop the job." But all that is changed now. The President cannot any longer be pressured to run, because no one will dare to pressure him after what has happened. It is no man's duty to run for the Presidency after a coronary thrombosis. The U.S. Army, in which the President was trained, has a strong contrary tradition that a commanding officer whose health is at all impaired has positive duty to hand his com mand over to another. By any honest assessment, in truth, the growing talk about the President running again in spite of his heart attack is nothing more nor less than a symptom ot Republican disarray. The Re publican leaders have no idea. for the moment, which way to turn or what to do or where to Innlr. Vet hv the normal rules of nolitics. this Republican sur render to nanic is almost ludicr- onslv nremature. The world's seemingly peaceful state may be phony or it may be real. But for nrartipal nolitical ourposes, the Republicans in 1956 will still be able to use "peace as one giun mie nianir in their Dlatform. And unless things go very wrong in the next twelve months, tney will also be able to use pros- rjeritv" as the other glorious nlanlc. r . i 1 Most political carpemers re lieve that a platform tnat nas those two planks hardly needs QT1V nthers. Whv. then, does nanic nrevail? The answer seems to be that the terrible misfortune of the President's illness has brought the Republicans face to face witn the terrible foUy of their own self-indulgence. Until now, they have left almost the. whole task of vote-eettins to the President, Thev have not undertaken the hard and necessary task of trans- fnrminff their oarty into an Eis- enhower party. The prooi oi their folly came to them in the 1954 Congressional election, but thev went risht on relying on tne President to win for tnem . in 1956: npHERE IS no visible reason. - however, why the Republi can leaders cannot now do what thev oueht to have done before. They have no right to plead with the President to run again, un less he actively wishes to run, which -seems highly improbable, he has a right to be let alone on this point. But the Republican leaders will certainly be justi- fied. if the President makes good recovery, in asking him to chart the party's course and pre vent party discord by nominating his own successor. A candidate who can be pre sented as a true Eisenhower man, a party that the country believes is truly an Eisenhower parry these are the only requirements the Republicans must fulfill, in order to regain their former con fidence. And they are not impos sible . requirements ,to fulfill, either. (Copyright, 1955. New York Herald Tribune Inc.) Tomorrow Lippmann gone further than almost any other President in delegating his powers. He has been away a lot, and- the administrative machine in '-. Washington has carried on well enough in his absence. But that does not mean that he has not played a decisive and indispensable role, or that with out him it would be possible to go on marking time for months to come. e THE PRESIDENCY is an enor- mous office which imposes on one man the functions of Chief of State, Chief of the Adminis tration, Commander - in - Chief, Chief of his Party, representative of the nation, and its moral and political leader. Certain of these functions can be suspended for a time and certain of them can be carried on by others. But the fact of the matter is that the burdens of which the President can be relieved are those which are the least important and the least taxing to his health. He can be relieved of his cere monial duties. These, though they must often be tiring, are not what caused that "erosion" which the President spoke about only a few weeks ago. He can be relieved of virtually all the rou tine of administration. But that, though it is irksome, is not the hard part of the Presidents work. The hard part is also the part which can least easily be carried on for him by others. This is, first of all, the making .of those high and grave and ultimate de cisions on which hang the issues of war and peace. Last year the situation in Indo-China and in the Formosa Strait, the question of whether to hold the summit meeting in Geneva, called for dangerous and difficult decisions of this kind. Only the President could have made them. We may soon be facing very grave ques tions in our own military policy resulting from the talks about disarmament, and grave ques tions about bur system of al liances resulting from the talks about Germany. It is also virtually impossible for the President to escape the Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication is Dermis lible. The MaU Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. It Is Devaux To the Editor: Regarding Mr. Kissinger's letter recalling names of old cars in Thursday's Mail Tribune: as a proud owner of a 1931 DeVaux I wish to correct his spelling it is DEVAUX not DeFoe as he stated. Mike Bauer, 1522 Terrace Dr., Medford, Ore. Officials' Salaries To the Editor: The average an nual income of a well established attorney in Jackson county is estimated at $15,000. We pay our district judge $7,500 and our cir cuit judge $11,000 per year. Can we expect to secure the best legal talent to fill the offices of judge in our courts when we choose so to underpay them? There are some who, in a de sire to serve the public, are will ing to make sacrifices as to their income; there are a number who are competent but unable to serve due to the low remunera tion; then there are some who through lack of ability must rely on a public office to provide that which they are otherwise unable to procure. ' The men who occupy the benches in our courts of justice should be selected for their wis dom and their fervent desire to uphold the laws of our land. They must be absolutely impar tial in all decisions just as they must base these decisions on the facts presented before them in open hearing. When we have judges of this type we have bet ter law enforcement at all levels because police officers will know that the many off-duty hours re quired to complete some of their cases will not have been spent in vain. -They will know each case will be judged on the evi dence presented and that per sonal .favoritism and petty jeal ousies will have no influence in the acquittal or adjudging of sen tence. Dan F. Krotz H, Chairman for Community Service, Steelhead Post, VFW, Shady Cove, Ore. responsibility of party leader, at least as it affects the choice of his successor. VlfHEN THE bad news came over the week-end, it was natural enough , to say, as Mr, Dulles did, that there is a team and that the principles and pol icies under which this team op erates are well known to all its members. But that cannot be true for more than a short time, The question is who, in President Eisenhower's absence, would keep the team a team when old policies have to be altered to meet new developments, when new policies have to be formed Under President Eisenhower the Treasury, the State Department, and the three services in the Pentagon have been kept lined up as a team. During his con valescence, who is going to keep them lined up? That is the big question to which there is no plain and evident answer. Part . of the answer is, no doubt, that in so far as the Pres ident cannot act, decisions , will be reached by groups of Cabinet officers, administrative assist ants and Congressional leaders who are concerned with the par ticular issues. There will be many in Washington who will want, even if the President s dis ability is considerable and rather prolonged, to muddle through by improvising such arrangements and devices. II7E MUST consider the disad- vantages of muddling through and whether 'anything can be done about them. The paramount disadvantage of the muddling through method is that there will be nobody who can accept public responsibility, as did the President in his press confer ences and speeches, for the ad ministration as a whole. The powers of the President will not be tied together and focused. They will be parceled out among a heterogenous and largely anon ymous collection of office hold ers and party leaders. Over any prolonged tune this will be very unsatisfactory. It will be particularly unsatisfac tory now because the President's illness has almost certainly ruled him out for 1956. Yet there are within his own official family several men who are entitled to consider themselves in the run ning for his succession. In the muddling through process they may be tempted to think about how doing this or not doing that will serve their own presidential prospects,, And even if they are not tempted, they will in an atmosphere of undefined power be suspected of being tempted. For Mr. Nixon the situation could become so confused that he would never know whether he was usurping his powers or failing to exercise them. Primarily for this reason, that an administration needs to have a responsible chief, it. will be wise, I believe, to put the con stitutional provisions into effect if it should be determined thai the President is going to be in capacitated for any considerable J POTLUCEC (By M-T Staff and Contributors) The following item, submitted by Mrs. Dutch Farfan, 723 South Newtown st., Medford, was turned over to the tender mer cies of the Potluck editor, who decided it could not be withheld from posterity: The Hunter Across the rocky, burned-out ridge The mighty hunter staggered. His face was worn, his clothing torn, His. weary features haggard. The morning hunt was cruel and cold And though the sun shone bright, His meager cloth could not withhold The bitter, freezing bite Of stinging wind and driving snow That cut him to the core, And yet, as you and I both know He'll go back up for more. Up on the ridge from which he came, His weariness he'll stifle; But still, he must return again For he forgot his rifle. It should, perhaps, be added, that the foregoing was dedi cated by Mrs. Farfan to all local hunters, but especially to Mr. John Snider. ' Speaking of hunters, the woods are full of them this week end which may or may not be the reason that a porcupine decided to try urban life. He arrived in Medford some time Friday night, and ended his wanderings near the corner of North Front and East Jackson sts. It was there the city police put an untimely end to the prickly beast. Because of the damage they do to trees and shrubs. porcupines are considered unde sirable neighbors. We liked the double-bill showing at a local theater last week. The pictures were The Magnificent Matador and Sit ting Bull. e . Dead fish make excellent fer tilizer. - . There were plenty of them available following tfle Lake of the Woods fish-poisoning job Sept. 21. One Medford family, it is reported, gathered two large sacks of dead fish to brine home to place around flowers and snrubs. Dead fish are alsn evr-Perlincrlv smelly. . ; - . . . ; -.- - - : As a result, the family drove toward home with the windows rolled all the way down. After two miles, however, they de cided that the potential fertilizer October Sky Review By J. HUGH PRUETT Astronomer, Extension Division Oregon Higher Education System HIT X . . , . , jviosi oi tne pianets are "in hiding" at the first of this month Mars is rising in the dawn about due east an hour before the sun, but is rfbt easily observed. Venus and Mercury are in the evening twilight " sky, but are too near old Sol to be sighted. Within a few weeks Venus will be far enough removed from the solar rays to be observed as a brilliant object over the southwestern horizon shortly after sunset. For several months thereafter it will be a splendid "evening" star." Saturn is now setting in the west-southwest an hour after the sun goes down, but is not con spicuous. For those willing to brave the early morning "dews and damps," brilliant Jupiter presents a splendid picture in the eastern sky. This old king of the gods risesfour hours before the sun at present. . Harvest Moon Season We are now in the season of the harvest moon. We usually trunk of this as occurring in Sep tember, but by the rule it comes in October this year. This is the time the full moon comes near est the autumnal equinox. The equinox this year was on Sep tember 23; the October full moon, October 1. This is much nearer the equinox than the full moon of September 2. The har vest, moon this year appears larger and brighter than in marry years, for it is relatively nearer to us. Brilliant Vega - For the brighter stars let us observe about 7 p.m. standard time. Only a little southwest of overhead, note the brilliant Vega. This and a few dim stars near it constitute the Celestial Harp, discussed in this column last week. A little east of the zenith look for Deneb at the head of the Northern Cross. The main line of the cross extends toward the south-southwest and is made up of considerably dim mer stars. The cross arm of three stars, all of nearly equal bright- period of time. With the situa tion abroad what it is and with an election coming, it will not be . wise to attempt to muddle through for too long without a Chief Executive who is consti- tuticnally responsible and can be held accountable.;, (Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune. Inc.) ! wasn't worth freezing them selves to death. Out went the sacks. Mrs. Grace Noble of Jack onville, it is reliably reported, is rather proud of the title, "Biggest Liar in Jacksonville." She was the prizewinner In two recent liars' contests. ; You've heard of the long arm of coincidence? WelL it was really stretched, out in the case of two Medford families. They are the Lloyd Leonhardt and Howard Lage families. The men, as youngsters, were friends in the same neighborhood of Sacramento. Later, both were employed by the same oil com pany. Last year, Leonhardt was transferred to Portland by the firm, and the Lages arrived in Portland a few months later, also transferred by the same firm. Within the past few weeks. both were transferred, simulta neously, to Medford, and both started house - hunting. Leon hardt finally found a home at 43 North Peach st. Within a few days the house at 56 North Peach was rented to guess who? Right; the Lages. The Leonhardts are parents of Richard, 2, and Debra, 10, and the Lages of Laura, 4. - Mrs. Quintin Jordan of Jacksonville is a versatile woman, and it's a good thing, too. v- One day last week, she was called in to operate a dress shop for a friend who was working in the fruit harvest. The same day the operator of the filling station across the street (which the Jordani for merly owned) also had to be away from work for the day. "So Mrs. Jordan spent the day selling dresses on one side of the street, then dashing across to fill gasoline tanks and wash windshields. , . The quest for information, which newspaper people con stantly carry on, sometimes has a reverse twist. Reporters, in the course of their duties within the past week or so, have sought information about accident victims from two different doctors' nurses (only to find it was the first they had heard that their bosses had been called in); information - from a woman whose son is to go to Antarctica (only: to find it "was the first she knew of it), 'and information from a lumber retailer about a big lumbermen's meeting (which he knew nothing about). ness, easily catches the eye. Very high . and almost duo south, bright Altair in the Eagle forms a short line with two dim mer stars, one on each side of Altair.. . - ,; ;; : Well above the horizon a little' north of west, orange Arcturus sparkles at the lower end of the Kite. The entire figure, all the stars but Arcturus being dim, is easily traced. Low in the north-, northwest we find bright Capel la flashing various colors through the horizon haze. High in the northeast five stars of only medium brightness outline the rather imperfect letter W of Cassiopeia. - About 8 p.m. (standard time) watch for the appearance of the little stars of - the Pleiades in the east-northeast. Through the hori zon haze this small group looks like a tiny white cloud. Looking toward the northwest we see the familiar Big Dipper, and high in the east the large square of Pegasus precariously . balancing on one corner. Editorial Comment PIN-CURL PARADE There are many editorial sub jects that call for moderation. The public display of pin-curls is npt among these. There are girls and, so help us, grown women, too who inexplicably flaunt their beauty preparations before thousands daily. Going to and from school, on a shopping tour, riding the bus, they shamelessly thus pro claim that they are saving their final grooming for some more worthy audience. Some have headscarves, but even these leave revealed the abominable little badges just above the forehead. One may well inquire into the logic of the pin-curl wearers. Are they preening themselves for a party or for some other occasion? If so, is it not prob able that, when they appear in public in their state of unreadi ness, they will be seen and judged by thousands more than ever will view the resulting curls? And there is always the chance that the best boy friend the one the curls are to impress will be confronted suddenly in the crowd on the street. That one hazard alone should, encour age thousands of girls to confine their pin-curl parading to the home or the backyard. At least, we hope it will Portland Ore gonian. " " V' I
