Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 05, 1955, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Texto S3 Councilmen Give Go-Ahead for Plan To Vacate Alley The Medford city council last night instructed City Attorney Frank Farrell to prepare docu ments for vacation of an alley in the Crowell subdivision. Va cation of the east-west alley was recommended by the planning commission Monday night. In other action, the council denied a request for no parking zone at 654 South Grape st. The post office requested the no park ing zone to provide space for mail trucks unloading at the Red Martin company. City Manager Robert Duff pointed out the unloading prob lem was acute only during the pear packing season, and that the space was necessary to pro vide parking space for em ployees. . The council suggested tem porary no parking in the area, snd Vernon Thorpe, public works director, was instructed to study possibilities of tempo rary rjp parking. An extra width driveway was granted Alber's Milling company on Norttj Fir st. upon recommen dation of Duff. V" (See story on Page 1) Clackamas Judge Takes Marriage License Salem (U.R) Clackamas coun ty judge Wallace Rudolph Tel ford, 67, and Madeline Landis Nelson, 37, took out a marriage license at Marion county court house here yesterday. Both gave Boring as their ad dress. Each has been married before. The bride-to-be is a widow and Judge Telford is a widower. Wednesday, October 5. 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUN&Q-FIVE Neglected Children Wards of Aid Society Astoria (U.R) Three little children who were left unat tended by their parents, were made permanent wards of the. Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon by County Judge Guy Boyington yesterday. The society has power to arrange for their adoption. Judge Boyington's decision followed a hearing in which Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rabell, the moth er and stepfather of the children, admitted leaving the children unattended. Last Friday the Rabells were sentenced to a year each in the county jail on charges of con tributing to the dependency of minor children. Federal Trade Commission Keeps (Guard For Public Over Misleading Advertising Editor's note: Few persons in this scientific-technical age are competent to judge the worth of the things they buy. The old let-the-buyer-beware rule is outmoded. To protect the consumer, and the honest business man. too, a small federal agency works unceasing ly to expose and stop unfair or fraud ulent trade practices. Following is the first of two dispatches on the Federal Trade Commission. By JOSEPH L. MYLER United Press Correspondent Washington U.R) The man said, okay, he'd stop touting his pills as a restorative of "lost youth" for men past 40. He'd give up such promotional phrases as "Don't let the joy of living escape you . . . new hope and heir.-. . no need now to despair in darkest gloom , . . why be a weakling!" He would and did sign what the Federal Trade Commission calls a stipulation, an informal agreement to go home and sin no more. No punishment attached, ex cept for such publicity as the case received, because the pill purveyor manifested every in tention of abiding henceforth by the rules. Anyway, his pill did contain vitamins and iron. It couldn't make an old man young, but it might be good for him if he needed vitamins and iron. The FTC procedure in this case is an example of one way in which it carries out its legisla tive mandate to protect the pub lic against Lying or misleading advertis ing, cheating or unfair trade practices, including conspiracy to keep prices up. Complaints Hit New High The FTC said recently that its complaints and cease-and-desist orders in these fields hit a high in fiscal 1955 which "sub stantially exceeded the average of the previous 10 years." The 1955 total was 161 complaints and 112 orders. In addition the commission issued a record number of indus try, trade practice rules and got hundreds of business men to sign be good stipulations making the complaint - and r order procedure unnecessary. Everything the FTC does is calculated ultimately to protect the consumer's pocketbook or his health or both. A case, or a series of cases, may involve billions of-jiollars and millions of persons. An example: Investigation of some 1400 companies selling health and accident insurance resulted last year in 31 complaints charg ing false and misleading adver tising. Whatever the FTC accom plishes, it accomplishes with an annual budget of around $4, 500,000 and a staff of 600, in cluding 80 attorney - investiga tors. It is a quasi-judicial agency The fire-man commission issues complaints, which are compar able to grand jury indictments. It also issues orders, which may be likened to a court verdict and judgment. In effect, it plays the roles of prosecutor, judge, and jury. Sometimes it is even the complaining witness. It can deal only with inter state commerce cases, but inter state commerce is a broad con- Ml & FINAL DAYS Ni . : r - -a ,a. A & ft to 3 & S & V$ 0 Values rein irptf? m mmm mm $ , . r' : iKwr-vu 4X111 X - I I I t V ' ' . i jS A W - - T"' IT a a. f y T S. S W I -- i it X I ll I ' 1 ' (Jl" 1956 Models of the revolutionary Laundry Equipment WASHERS DRYERS . DUOMA TIC e ' Dendix Tumble-Action washes 3 ways Better 1 1. CLEANER Famed Bendix Hi-lift, Deep-Surge Tumble Action is the automatic washing method PROVED most thor ough! It makes your clothes LOOK white and bright, and removes . more surface AND IM BEDDED SOIL, too! 2. MORE ECONOMICAL The new Bendix Tumble-Action washer uses less water than any other automatic washer! Saves your hot water supply. Yet, you always wash in clean water, always get full; deep rinses. 3. SAFER Bendix Tumble-Action is so gentle, it's REC OMMENDED for new Fabulous Fabric gar ments by garment-makers themselves. 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For example, a man who never wanted to do anything but sell neckties to Manhattanites. can get in trouble with FTC if he bugs radio advertising time and doesn't tell the whole truth in his commercials. Broadcasts Interstate That is because New York broadcasts can be heard in neigh boring states and conceivably could inspire residents of nearby New Jersey, say, to invest in the false advertiser's merchandise. An FTC case can get started in a number of ways. A sunburn victim may write in complaining that the sunburn lotion ' he bought is no good. A business man may call attention to a competitor's fraudulent- trade practices. The complaint may stem from the commission itself. Four FTC lawyers spend all their working time reading newspapers, mag azines, and radio and television commercials in a cluttered up perstory room that smells of paste and newsprint. They are expert at sniffing out phony ads. Any pill promis ing simultaneously to cure arthri tis, high blood pressure, and the debilitating effects of age excites their suspicions. So does "bait" advertising purporting to offer something for practically noth ing. Investigations may results in stipulations or formal com plaints. If a complaint is not answered, the next step is an order, which is binding. If a com plaint is answered, a trial before a hearing examiner follows. His initial decision may be that a cease-and-desist order is war ranted. This may be appealed to the commission members who, though they issued the original complaint, must now enact the role of impartial judges. Appeals from their decision may be taken to the federal courts. (Tomorrow: The FTC can nerer relax.) . ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY Mt. Clemens, Mich. (U.R) Robert Eastman announced Tues day that he will be a candidate for Congress in the 1956 Demo cratic primary. He made the an nouncement during a hearing on a charge that he ran a red traffic light. Court Records POLICE COURT Clyde Alvin Severson, failure to stop at stop lieht. $5. Winifred Lucille Foster, failur. to stop at stop lieht. S3.' John William Langston. failure to stop at a stop sign, $5. Virginia Mae Garner, failure to (top at a stop ugnt, $3. Carlton Joe Branum, falure to stop at a stop light $5. Willard Nelson, violation of the ba sic rule, S10. William Henry Hukill. failure to stop at stop lieht. S5. Arthur William Glockler. no tail lieht. S5. . George Bennett McGill Jr., failure to stop at a stop sign, SS. James Frederick Armpriest, viola tion of the basic rule. S10. Thomas Holmes Emmens, passing at an intersection, S5. Shirley Jean Harmon, unnecessary noise, iu. Lauren D. Hardy, violation of the basic rule. $10. Donald Lewis Peters, violation of we Dasic rule, $10. Wayne Ralph Harris, violation of the basic rule, $10. Daren Milo Martin, failure to yield right of way, $10. John Ronald Fall, violation of the basic, rule, $10. DISTRICT COURT Dee Alton Eastridge, drunk on a public highway, $15. Richard Grant Phair, failure to stop ai a stop sign, siu. Ralph Fred Miller, drunk on a pub' lie highway. $15. Mick John Sallas, drunk on a 'pub lic highway. $15. Eugene Roger Richmond, failure to operate on the right side of the high' way. $15. John Raymond Evott. $10. - Dallas L. Grove, failure to stop at a stop ugnt, SlU. Lawrence Lester Sanderson, viola' tion of the basic rule. $15. Ira Herschell Imhausen, no opera tor s license, $iu. Bill Max Evans, failure to tag veni' son, $30. William John Hutchinson, violation of tne basic rule, $13. CIRCUIT COURT Bette Lu Hamm vs. Gordon Z. Hamm. divorce decree. Evelyn Jean Todd vs. Lester Frank' lin Todd, divorce decree. Muriel I. Heavilin vs. Lewis Ray tieavnm, divorce decree. Peggy Joan Cuddie vs. Donald Everett Cuddle, divorce complaint. Breith S. Hall vs. Frank C. Hall, divorce complaint. Nell K. Strickland vs. Frank O. Strickland, divorce complaint. 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